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EXERCISES 


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CentenniaU  Anniversary 


OF  THE 


BAPTIST  CHURCH, 


ABBOTT'S  CORNER,  P.  Q., 


SEPTEMBER  6,  J899. 


KOITKD   BY 


LEWIS  B.  HIBBARD. 


HKiHLANDPARK,  IIJ... 

SHEKU.AX  Road  Xews-Lkttkr  p«,nt 

1900. 


BIBlfOTHfQUe 


PRELIMINARY. 


f  Punti^t  Church,  Abbott's  Corner,  P.  Q-,  was 
,  ,^^'''=f:,''T8,V;^;vW  .frnSd^s-ell  as  men,l.-rs  ot  t Le 
held  April  Zv,  1^^'',  I'J  ^y»'  "  .nHkint?  arraugenieiUs  for  cele- 

ohnrch\veve  iuvited  for  the  purpose  of      f  "^/j;*^"!,  ,,,,  aecided  to 
bratin,  the  Centennm    Ar.mvei.ary  o^^  ^^.^  ^^._^.^^^^ 

wereappointe.1  on  the  several  committees : 

ON  REPAIRS. 


Deacon  H.  A.  Chafff.e. 
Mr.  M.  a.  Leavitt. 

\\\'      A.    S.    AuMSTnONG. 

Mr.  a. 


E. 


Mr. 

Mr. 

Mr 

Bridce. 


J.  ,1.  McCartv. 

W.  P.  lllRBAUD. 

Freeman  Rogers. 


ON  PROGRAM. 


Rev.  W.  G.  SconcLi). 
SiTDENT  A.  0.  Baker 
Mrs.  \V.  p.  Hibbard 


Rev.  a.  1^.  Arms. 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Broe. 
Miss  M.  A.  Smith. 


ON  ENTERTAINMENT. 


Deacon  John  Broe. 

Mr.  AND  Mrs.  H.  K.  H.  Iracv 

Mrs.  Arnold  E.  Bridge 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  R.  Whitman. 
Mrs.  a.  S.  Armstrong. 
Mrs.  J.  Powers. 


,  .     I  v.^u^,^r  Kpv    \riiold  L.  Arms  prepare 

It  was  also  voted  to  have  ^^\^l^;^Z^.i,   u.  Hibbard,  of 

the  Historical  l^-^^r^^nd^ndt^r.^t^of  this  church,  and  a  great 

Highland  Park,  111.,  l^^'^f  ^{^^/^^j  "  Ce^^^^^^  Discourse. 

grandson  of  its  ^^^^'^^' :}f' ^^^  ;,,  ,  ,„ost  thorough  and  satisfac- 

ofTillol,  «m  te  foumUu  the  foUowum  l>»Ses. 


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HISTORICAL  ADDRESS. 

BY  RRV.  ARNOLD  L.  ARMS. 

CHE  Baptist  Clnm-1,  in  St.  Armand  was  organi.cHl  cm  th.  mh 
day  ot  S<.pten.h.r,  11^.     Of  tl.e  proceedings  at  tl.e  tinu' 
ami  the  names  and  nnn.her  of  tlu.  constituent  members,  nn 
ecoid  IS  tonnd,  and  I  Mm  satistied  the  records  for  the  first  ten 
months  are  lost  ;   but  from  information  obtained  elsewliere,  it  an 
pears  that  there  were  seven  constituent  members.    Tiiis  was  sfated 
to     he  writer  ov<u-   forty  years  ago  hy  Kev.  William  Kogc^rs  of 

m  St.  Aimund,  an<l  one  ot  the  seven  constituent  members      He 
was  evident  y  soon  after  eleced  deacon,  being  referred  to  as  such 
as  early  as  August  It;    ISOO.    The  first  extant  record  of  a  chirc 
meeting  bears  date  July  12,  1800.     At  this  meeting  Rev.  Jede! 
dinh  Hibbard  was  chosen  standing  moderator,  and  Roger  Hibbard 
c^iurch  clerk      At  the  next  meeting,  August   IC,  ISOO,  Rev    J 
Hibl>ard  and  Deacon  William  R<.gers  w.a-e  chos'en  deh'ga  . s  to 
tne   Richmond  Conference  held  at  Bolton,  Vt.,  Wednesdav   An 
gust  2..  INOO      January  24,  1801,  by  a  unanimous  v^^'a  t  i 
was  extended  t,>  Rev   Jedediah  Hibbard  to  become  the  p.  stor  o 
ihe  cnurch.    The  ca  1  was  accepted,  and  is  on  the  churcl/recorr 
A  council  was  called  to  recx.gnize  him  as  pastor,  which  convened 
at    he  house  of  Roger  Hibbard,  now  the  liome  of  Edmund  In 
galls     Angus     27,    1801.      Eight    churches    were    reprerente 
namely,  Oi-j^ell,  Fairfax.  Bolton,  Swanton  and  Westford   in  Ver 
niont,  and  Sutton,  Hatley  and  Stanstead,  in  Canada.    The  minis- 
ers  present  were  Elnathan  Phelps  of  Orwell,  E.ra  Butler  of  Bol- 

^iiittrii^iifisr- ''-- ""--  ^'  ^^^-^-^' -^ 

ber^'Tvif '  Wl   ^'^'^"'f  ''''.  ^"^''"  ^"  Canterbury,  Conn.,  Octo- 

tIj  I  .  '^"  7  '"'''''''  ^''^  '''""  ordained  is  not  known.     In 

1^SI  he  was  pastor  of  a  small  church  in  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  where 

aid  a  h™,rds  when  in  C^.rnish   he  performed  much  missi<l^ 

ynl   n  ^  eimont.    As  early  as  170;j  he  was  i>reaching  in  Georgia 

ml  other  places.    In  1797  he  moved  to  St.  Arniand.  Canada   am 

labored  as  an  evangelist  in  all  the  surrounding  region.     At    Is 

early  date    preachers,  as   well   as   settlers,  wer'^e   few  and    w  dely 


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scattercd.  He  evidently  did  a  noble  work,  not  only  in  winnin*; 
souls  to  Chi'ist  but  in  organizing,  edifying  and  encouraging 
Christians.  He  served  the  Church  faithfully  for  about  eight 
years  after  his  installation,  and  died  October  4,  1S(H),  l)*J  years  of 
age.  Many  have  since  risen  up  to  call  him  blessed,  not  only  iii 
Canada  but  also  in  Connecticut,  New  Hann)shire,  Central  and 
Northern  Vermont. 

On  May  5,  1801,  Joshua  Smith  was  chosen  deacon,  and  Dea- 
con William  Rogers  was  licensed  to  preach,  and  in  S  ^)tciid)er, 
1802,  he  was  called  to  ordination  by  the  Baptist  Church  in  Stan- 
bridge,  and  served  them  two  years.  He  moved  thence  to  Rich- 
ford,  in  1804,  and  was  pastor  of  that  church  more  than  forty- 
five  years,  and  died  March  0,  1851,  in  his  78th  year.  Most,  if 
not  all  the  members  of  this  (Abbott's  Corner)  church,  and  their 
pastor,  were  then  immigrants  from  the  New  England  States,  and 
it  has  since  been  composed  very  largely  of  such  and  their  de- 
scendants. 

October  0,  1802,  George  Wales  gave  to  the  Baptists  half  an 
acre  of  land  as  a  building  lot,  on  the  crest  of  the  hill  north  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  on  condition  that  a  meeting  house  should  be 
buiit  thereon,  and  soon  after  a  house  was  erected,  in  which  wor- 
ship was  maintained  for  many  years,  both  by  Baptists  and  Meth- 
odists. It  was  abandoned  as  a  place  of  worship  about  1880,  and 
after  remaining  in  a  dilapidated  condition  for  some  four  or  five 
years  was  torn  down  and  the  material  used  in  building  a  school 
house,  in  which  the  church  held  their  meetings,  more  or  less, 
until  the  erectioii  of  the  present  editice,  in  1841.  The  country 
at  this  time,  1802,  was  rapidly  being  filled  with  settlers,  and  fre- 
quent additions  were  made  to  the  church,  and  a  branch  church 
existed  at  Dunham  as  early  as  December,  1802,  and  a  church  had 
been  formed  in  Stanbridge,  evidently  a  colony  of  this  church,  at 
an  earlier  date.  May  24,  1800,  William  Galusha  was  licensed  to 
preach,  and  soon  after  examined  for  ordination  by  a  council  com- 
posed of  ministers  and  delegates  from  the  churches  in  Sutton, 
Richford  and  Berkshire, 

Under  date  of  June  28,  1800,  is  the  following  record:  '•  Voted, 
to'give  letters  of  dismission  to  such  brethren  and  sisters  as  should 
desire  it,  that  a  second  Baptist  Church  might  be  gathered  in  St. 
Armaud."  The  brethren  and  sisters  who  requested  letters  were 
William  Galusha,  Cooley  Sumner.  Bezaleel  Bridge,  Eli  Bagley, 


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bk'  that  Mr.  Galnsha  bccaun^  pastor  of  this  second  churi'li.  and 
served  them  a  few  years;  but  as  he  was  called  to  the  |>iiatorate  of 
this  church  after  the  death  of  Rev.  Jedediah  Hibbanl.  we  ju'c- 
sume  the  second  churcli  dissolved,  and  the  nu'inhers  were  scat- 
tered, or  re-united  with  this  church.  The  meudjership  at  this 
time,  June,  ISOI).  was  probablv  about  fortv,  anil  thev  had  elected 
the  fourtli  deacon,  R()<j^er  Hibbard. 

For  two  or  three  years  the  church  was  evidently  in  a  deelinin*^ 
state,  beinix  vlistracted  and  disheartened  bv  internal  ditficuUies. 
In  the  latter  part  of  18()S  the  health  of  their  former  pastor,  on 
whom  from  the  first  they  had  been  accnsttmied  to  lean,  bi'^an  lu 
fail.  The  last  meeting  he  attended,  of  which  mention  is  mad(\ 
was  in  May,  1(S()0.  He  di(-d  in  October  f(dlowing,  and  his  re- 
mains are  buried  in  the  parish  cimietery  at  Frelighsl)urg.  In 
July,  1810,  the  church  engaged  the  services  of  Rev.  William 
Galusha,  and  in  November  following  apj)ointed  Allen  Miner  clerk. 
For  a  few  years  they  appear  to  have  enjoyed  a  good  degree  of 
prosperity.  July  19,  181"),  they  sent  Rev.  William  Galusha, 
Deacons  Roger  Hibbard  and  Allen  Miner,  Brothers  Gilbert 
Jenue  and  Homer  Smith  to  the  Stanbridge  Association.  In  1819 
the  church  apjiointed  Nathaniel  Hibbard  clerk,  who  was  suc- 
ceeded in  1822  by  Hcmier  Smith  ;  Jesse  Scofiehl  was  numbered 
with  the  deacons,  and  in  1825  Gilbert  Tenne  was  elected  clerk. 
The  pastorate  of  Mr.  Galusha  appears  to  have  closed  somewhere 
between  1825  and  18:}(),  a  term  of  at  least  fiften  years,  and  the 
longest  one  in  the  history  of  the  church.  Many  additions  were 
made,  but  there  were  also  many  exclusions  and  dismissi'^ns.  If 
we  except  the  last  few  years  of  his  pastorate,  it  may  be  regarded 
as  a  prosperous  and  successful  one.  In  May,  18;Jt),  the  church 
called  a  council  to  examine  and  ordain  Homer  Suuth.  who  served 
the  church  as  pastor  about  three  years,  when  a  seri<jus  difficulty 
arose,  occasioned  by  the  unwise  action  of  a  y)art  of  the  church 
in  en^jfatjinor  Rev.  William  Galusha,  while  Mr.  Smith  was  as  vet 
the  regular  pastor  of  the  church.  Thus  matters  continued  for 
several  years.  At  a  covenant  meetin*'  Saturday,  August  27.  \H'M'>, 
t(-M  members  were  jiresent;  tive  renewed  covenant,  and  live  did 
not.  All  honor  to  the  noble  five  who,  wh"n  the  church  was  with- 
out a  meeting  house  or  pastor,  and  near  the  verge  of  dissolution, 
stood  firm  and  faithful.    October  ()th.  the  same  year,  an  advisory 


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ronmiitlcc.  ii|.i)()liit»il  by  (lie  nssocialioji  ut  tin*  rccincst  of  tlic  l;itr 
Rev.  Peter  C'h.'ise  of  Friinkliii,  eoiisiKtiii;L(  of  Revs.  Alvnli  Sn!)iii. 
Pelcr  Cluisc.  S.  Cole.  IsMiali  Huntley,  A.  Ruler.  Al.  Fliiil,  with 
JJrotliers  1.  (*M]'ey  mid  J.  Wriglitnuiii.  met  niid  .sureeeded  in  re- 
storing Imnnony.  Rev.  Homer  Smith  iijjfain  became  the  pastor 
of  the  elunvh.  which  he  serveil  witli  ti(h'Iity  till  ids  sudden  death. 
Octohc  !-J.  1S.')T.  jji  tlu  o.ltJi  year  oi  Ids  ajL,'«'.  ('ontideiicc  was 
lart^rely  restored,  and  disntfeeted  mendu-rs  returned  to  their 
places. 

In  Se]>tcnd)er.  1S:]7.  the  church  voted  to  unite  witli  the  Fair- 
lield  Ass()ci;ition.  anvl  elected  their  pastor.  Rev.  Homer  Snnth, 
with  Deacons  Rojrer  Hibbard  and  Allen  Miner  as  deU'^aies.  In 
January.  ls;JS.  Rev,  Jonathan  Baldwin,  missi(»nary  of  the  Xvy- 
mont  Baptist  vState  Con\eidi(m,  came  and  held  a  series  of  mi-et- 
ings  with  the  church,  which  resulted  in  a  jjowerful  revival,  and 
the  greater  portion  of  the  converts  united  with  this  church, 
though  some  went  to  other  denominations.  Many  backsliders 
were  reclaimed,  and  the  church  was  i;reatlv  encourajred  and 
strengthened.  Rev.  M.  Britain  at  once  became  pastor  and  served 
the  church  for  a  timf-- the  tirit  pastor  not  of  New  England 
origin,  and  of  whom,  in  fact,  but  little  is  known.  In  IS II  Rev. 
Peter  Chase  of  Franklin,  Vt.,  a  brother  of  the  late  Prof.  Ira 
Chase  of  the  Newton  Theological  Institution,  became  their  pas- 
tor. During  this  year  C(>lumbus8cotield  generously  gave  a  lot, 
and  the  church  erected  their  present  house  of  worship.  For  ten 
long  and  weary  years  they  had  been  without  a  meeting  house, 
had  passed  through  great  diffiiculties,  and  they  entered  their  new 
house  of  worship  with  songs  of  thanksgiving,  greatly  encour- 
aged. The  ne.\t  year  Rev.  Francis  Bosworth,  then  recently  frcjui 
England,  nunistered  to  them  a  part  of  the  time,  and  in  1S4;3  be- 
gan the  long  pastorate  of  Francis  N.  Jerisey,  who  served  the 
church  as  pastor,  preaching  half  of  the  time,  for  fourteen  years. 
He  was  born  in  Enifland,  Januarv  t),  1707;  came  to  this  countrv 
with  his  large  faunly  in  184-2,  and  located  on  a  small  farm  in 
Stanbridge  the  next  year,  where  he  continued  to  reside  till  his 
removal  to  Potton,  in  1857,  where  he  died  xMarch  V,  18()0.  In  18i8, 
the  year  Mr.  Jersey's  ])astorate  began,  the  church  united  with 
the  Montreal  Association,  whosi'  se.ssion  was  held  in  that  city  in 
mid\  in^cr.  The  same  year  Casjjer  B.  Hibbard  and  Isaac  Janes 
were  elected  deacons,  and  soon  after  two  young  men,  members  of 


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llu'  cliucrli.  wt'iv  ooniiiuMidrtl  lo  lli»'  new  jumI  Kliort-IiviMl  ihcolo.*^- 
iciil  Hchool  m(  Montreal:  both  complt'tcd  tli«'ir  coinhr  >>(  study  and 
«'iit('i«'d  the  niiuiHtrv.  thoiigli  om;  of  Iht-ni.  (Miailcs  Smith,  diiwl 
A])ril.  iSol.  and  tlic  otlior.  John  1).  Frcligh.  went  west,  and  all 
trace  of  him  was  soon  lost.  In  ls4<»  Kov.  William  I'ortcrlield 
served  as  a  temporary  sii|t]>ly.  and  in  December.  iSoO.  Arnold  L. 
Arms  was  licensed  to  preach.  Durin«^  the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Jer- 
sey the  clmrch  was  nnit<'d  and  measiiraV>ly  prosperous:  adtlilions 
W(>re  nuide.  and  in  ]^-)2  there  were  a])ont  sixty  nuMnbers.  In 
ISo-t.  after  eleven  vears'  connection  with  the  Montrenl  Associa- 
tion.  thev  united  with  the  Lamoile  Association  in  ViM'mont.  and 
the  next  year  electeil  H(»race  N.  Jjuk^s  (^lerk.  in  plac(!  of  Nathan- 
iel Hil)bard,  who  had  served  for  sonu*  twentv  viwirs.  Rev.  F.  N. 
Jersey  offered  his  resifjfnation  March  2*2.  1>^^U.  which  was  ac- 
cepted the  l-l:th  of  June.  The  church  ?(t  once  e)»<^a<»'ed  Hov. 
Abram  Bedell  of  Plainfield,  Vt..  as  a  supply,  and  called  him  to 
the  pastoratt^  in  February,  l^o^.  Uurin<»  the  first  year  of  his 
))astorato  six  were  a<hled  by  baptism  and  four  by  letter,  making 
the  total  membership  Hfty-eight. 

In  1S58  Columbus  Scofield,  deeply  inter(^steil  in  th«»  welfare 
of  the  church,  though  not  then  a  member  of  it,  generously  gave 
ten  acres  of  valuable  land,  adjoining  the  meeting  hous«\  for  a 
parsonage  lot,  on  condition  that  a  suitable  residence  for  the  pas- 
tor should  be  erected  thereon,  which  was  done  that  year,  and 
trustees  were  duly  elected  to  receive  a  deed  of  tln^  land  and  to 
manage  the  pro[)erty.  In  October,  1X58.  Sherman  P.  Schofield 
was  chosen  clerk,  in  place  of  Mr.  Janes  r«?signed,  and  February 
12,  ISfiO,  Lewis  B.  Hibbard  was  licenstid  to  pnmch.  There  were 
no  marked  events  in  the  history  of  the  church  till  ()clf)ber.  18t) !, 
when  Mr.  Bedell's  pastoral  relations  with  the  c])urch  terminated, 
and  he  removed  to  Now  Hampshire,  where  he  died  not  long 
after.  He  was  a  native  of  Maine,  where  he  sj)ent  the  greater 
[)ortion  <jf  his  life.  On  the  whole,  his  j)nstorate  here  was  a  pros- 
perous one:  valuable  additions  were  made  to  the  church,  whos*^ 
nundK^rs  and  resources  were  increased,  and  an  excellent  parson- 
age was  built  He  took  an  active  part  in  t  he  orgatdzation  of  the 
(^mada  Baptist  Missionary  Convention.  East,  and  was  the  father 
of  the  Missisquoi  Baptist  Conference,  which  did  a  good  work 
during  its  brief  existence. 

During  the  winter   following   Mr.  Bedell's   resignation  the 


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church  wns  Hupplicd  by  Rl'vb.  A.  L.  xVrms  ami  P.  C  HinioH,  /uid 
the  suninior  following  l)y  J.  0.  Yulo,  a  Htud«>nt  from  tho  Literary 
liisUtute  at  WoodHtock,  Out.,  who  preached  with  marked  afce[)t- 
ance.  In  October.  ISC).').  Eben  M.  Rice,  a  graduate  of  the  same 
Institute,  settled  and  remained  one  year,  when  he  left,  on  account 
failing  hejdth,  and  went  west.  During  the  winter  of  l8()0-()7 
Messrs,  Arms  and  llinies  again  8U|)[)lied  the  church,  and  during 
the  summer  llev.  Jc-shua  Donovan,  having  recently  come  to  Dun- 
ham from  Scotland  for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  supplied  the 
pulpit.  He  was  an  able,  vigorous  |)reacher.  and  is  now  (jne  of 
the  foremost  pastors  in  the  city  of  Toronto.  In  June,  1S08,  Rev, 
Merrill  Howard,  a  native  of  Chester,  though  recently  located  in 
East  Enosburg,  Vt.,  where  hc!  was  ordained  in  August,  1857,  was 
called  to  the  pastorate,  and  entered  upon  his  duties  the  Ist  of 
July,  In  MaK'h,  1HV)\),  Rev.  J.  F.  Ferj^uson  aided  in  n  series  of 
meetings  with  good  results;  some  wei  '  reclaimed,  and  several 
converted,  who  subsequently  united  with  the  church.  Mr.  How- 
ard closed  his  labors  C)ctober  8,  1870,  and  removed  to  Michigan, 
and  Rev.  A.  L  Arms,  a  native  and  lite-long  resident  of  St.  Ar- 
mand,  acted  as  pastor  the  rest  of  the  year,  and  in  April  follow- 
ing became  the  pastor  of  the  church,  though,  at  his  requ»-t,  Rev. 
E.  P.  Merritield  of  Franklin,  Vt.,  was  engaged  to  till  every  alter- 
nate appointment.  The  meeting  house  was  immediately  repaired 
and  a  cabinet  organ  purchased.  In  1872  W,  (x.  and  S.  P.  Sco- 
tield  were  elected  trustees  of  the  church;  in  1874  W,  G.  Scofield 
was  appointed  clerk,  and  September  11,  1875,  the  church  ap[»lied 
to  the  Canada  Baptist  Missionary  Convention  for  aid.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1875.  in  the  good  providence  of  God,  Rev.  J.  Tilsou  of  Hing- 
ham,  Mass..  and  Rev,  C,  Hibbard,  of  Chester,  Vt.,  ii  grandson  of 
Rev.  Jedediah  Hibbard,  and  for  fourteen  years  a  missionary  in 
Burma,  held  a  series  of  revival  meetings  with  the  church.  The 
result  was  the  most  extensive  revival  that  had  been  enjoyed  for 
thirty-six  years.  The  additions  to  the  church  as  the  fruit  of 
this  revival  greatly  strengthened  and  encouraged  it,  and  its  work- 
ing force  was  fully  doubled.  The  baptism  of  these  converts  was 
by  Rev.  J.  Tilson  and  the  pastor  in  Selby  Lake,  June  16,  187t), 
in  the  presence  of  a  very  large  assembly,  and  was  an  occasion  of 
great  joy.  In  March  of  this  year,  by  request  of  Deacon  I.  Janes, 
W.  G.  Scofield  was  chosen  deacon.  Encouraged  by  the  Canada 
Baptist  Missionary  Society,  East,  the  church  began  in  (October, 


•  0  — 


1875,  holding  Suu(lay-.sch()(»l  niid  public  worship  every  Suiidny. 
In  1S77  the  socucty  built  a  largo  nu'i'ting  house  l)nru  or  shed,  and 
also  elected  Hanson  H.  Hihbard  deacon.  The  next  sjiring  a 
series  of  ''gosjiel  meetings,"  then  so  popular,  were  held,  with 
gv)od  results.  In  May  of  the  same  year,  1S7H,  John  Currie,  an 
evangelist  from  Montreal,  held  a  series  of  meetings  which  re- 
sulted in  some  twenty  conversions,  most  of  whom  subsequently 
united  with  the  church,  and  Mr.  Currie  spent  the  summer  preach- 
ing and  aiding  in  the  gent'ral  work,  much  to  the  gratitication  of 
both  church  and  pastor.  The  two  years  immediately  following 
were  perhaps  the  ha[)[)iest  and  brightest  days  in  the  history  of 
the  churoh;  harmony  prevailed,  and  the  life  of  the  church  was 
characterized  by  great  activity.  In  lS80  a  Woman's  Missionary 
Circle  was  formed,  and  is  well  maintained. 

In  1S81,  at  the  time  of  eigh'y-second  anniversary  celebration, 
there  had  been  some  decline,  and  perhaps  not  more  than  half  of 
those  added  in  1878  were  residents  and  in  active  service.  Many 
of  the  vigorous,  active  younger  members  were  removing  to  other 
i)laces,  and  one  very  promising  young  man,  Edgar  S.  Tracy,  a 
great  grandson  of  the  founder  of  the  church,  had  died,  Septem- 
ber 17,  ISSO. 


CONTINUED  BY  A.  G.  BAKER. 


Since  the  cheering  exercises  of  the  eighty-second  anniversary 
in  1881  the  church  has  prospered  as  well  as  could  reasonably  be 
expected.  Our  esteemed  brother,  Columbus  Scofield,  died  Octo- 
ber 10,  1881.  He  had  been  one  of  the  most  generous  supporters 
of  the  church  for  years,  and  left  about  $500  as  a  perpetual  leg- 
acy, the  interest  only  to  be  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  church, 
and  known  as  the  "Scofield  Legacy."  Durhig  the  next  year  two 
more  of  our  aged  members,  Samuel  Chaffee  and  Deacon  Isaac 
Janes,  were  called  to  their  reward,  the  latter  after  faithfully 
serving  for  thirty-nine  years  as  deacon  of  the  church. 

About  that  time  the  church  edifice  was  thoroughly  renovated 
and  repaired  and  was  much  improved  by  fresh  paint,  paper,  new 
carpets  and  a  clock.     In  the  same  year  a  license  to  prea(5h  was 


10  — 


givon  t(j  Dt'acoii  W.  G.  Scofiold,  mid  for  several  yoars  he  su[)|)liod. 
ill  the  aliseiice  of  the  pastor,  this  church,  Berkshire  Centre  and 
East  Franklin.  It  bec;:ime  evifU'tit  that  he  possessed  lah'iits 
which,  if  exercised,  \v(^uld  make  liim  a  useful  minister  of  the 
l^ospel,  and  on  May  20,  LS'S.").  the  cimreh  retpirsted  iiis  ordina- 
tion to  the  gospel  ministry,  and  June  21th  was  the  day  appointed. 
Delegates  wrre  presi'nt  fnjm  twelve  ditl'erent  churches.  Br*.)ther 
Scotic^ld  related  his  ( ■liristinn  ex])erience,  call  to  the  ministry  and 
doctriiifd  belicl'.  After  deliberation  the  delegates  ex])ressed  en- 
tire satisfaction  witii  the  exaniina!;ion  and  unanimously  voted  to 
))roceed  with  the  ordiinition.  as  follows:  Invocation.  Kev.  G.  F. 
Pay;  n  ading  of  Scri[)tures,  Ivev.  J.  T.  Buzzell;  prayer.  Rev.  J. 
G.  Lorimer;  sermon,  Rev.  A.  G.  l.'pham;  ordaining  [)rayer. 
Rev.  A.  L.  Arms;  charge  to  canilidate,  Rev.  A.  C.  Votey;  hand 
of  fellowship,  Rev.  G.  H.  Parker;  address  to  church.  Rev.  T.  Tel- 
lier.     A.  L.  Armes  was  moderator  and  E.  ().  Smith  clerk. 

July  7,  1885,  the  church  sustained  n  great  loss  in  the  death 
of  Deacon  Casper  B.  Hibbard.  He  had  been  a  deacon  of  the 
church  since  18 1:8,  and  was  sorely  missed  as  a  wise  counsellor,  a 
liberal  giver  and  a  most  faithful  attendant  at  the  services  of  the 
church.  In  the  same  month  Brothers  John  Broe  and  Luther  R. 
Smith,  Jr.,  were  elected  deacons  to  fill  the  places  left  vacant  by 
Rev.  W.  G.  Scoiiehl  and  the  late  Deacon  C.  B.  Hibbard. 

The  resignation  of  W.  G.  Scotield  as  church  clerk  was  also 
accepted  and  Miss  Ella  E.  Tracy  a[)point.ed  his  successor.  Brother 
ScoHeld  was  then  re(| nested  to  act  as  associate  [);\stor  and  to 
[)reach  every  alternate  Sabbath.  Soon  after  this  he  became 
legally  quidiHed  to  marry  an<l  to  make  reconls  of  civil  status. 
Soon  the  Baptist  church  Jit  Richford  gave  him  a  call  to  their 
vacant  pastorate.  Much  to  the  regret  of  Ix^th  pastor  and  church 
at  Abbott's  Corner  he  accepted  the  call,  and  r(  nuned  thither  in 
November,  188(),  where  he  still  remains.  The  church  records 
bear  the  following  entry  by  the  clerk:  "Words  of  mine  can]H)t 
express  the  loss  we  shall  fed  as  a  church  and  i)eo[)le  when 
Pastor  Scotield  anil  family  leave  'Daisy  Farm.'"'  Brot'iier  Sco- 
field  and  wife  took  letters  to  the  church  in  Richl'ord  August  7. 
1887,  and  in  the  sisnie  month  Pastor  A.  L.  Arms  presented  a  let- 
ter from  th(>  church  at  Richi'drd.  and  in  November  following  his 
wife,  Maria  R.  Arms,  was  also  received  bv  letter. 

In  1888  th(>  church,  with  the  app,r(^bation  of  the   [)astor.  on- 


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ira<red  Student  J.  R.  Jackson  (jf  MacMaster  University,  Toronto, 
during  his  tive  months  vacation,  to  preach  here  every  Sunday 
morning  and  at  East  Franklin  or  elsewhere  in  tlie  afternoon.  At 
the  close  of  this  period  Pastor  Arms  went  on  with  the  work  as 
before. 

In  June,  1889,  the  church,  which  had  for  many  year.s  })!>en  a 
member  of  the  Lamoille  Association  in  Vermont,  witlulrew  and 
united  with  the  Eastern  Association  in  Quebec.  In  the  sununer 
of  181)2  J.  P.  Mclntyre,  M.  D..  then  a  student  of  MacMaster, 
served  as  pastor  during  the  summer  months.  In  18'.);3,  Pastor 
Arms'  failing  health  and  loss  of  voice  made  it  so  dillicult  for  him 
to  preach  that  it  was  decided  to  engage  a  student  pastor  every 
summer,  if  possible,  and  Rev.  W.  G.  Scotield  otfered  to  sii|)ply 
in  winter  part  of  the  time.  A.  J.  Darrock.  from  MacMaster,  was 
next  secured,  and  served  during  the  summers  of  l8*,)-l-r),  doing 
faithful  and  «>arn<est  work.  The  three  years  following.  lS'.M)-',)7-l>S. 
Student  Y.  A.  King  served  during  the  summer  UKjnths.  Much 
interest  was  shown  during  these  seasons:  several  wer«'  ba[)tized 
and  united  with  the  church,  and  a  Christian  Endeavor  Society 
was  orijanized. 

In  tlie  fall  of  1898  Student  A.  G.  Baker  w.-is  ens^atjfed  for  one 
year,  and  is  with  us  today.  His  faithful  services  have  been 
much  ap[)recialed,  and  his  good  al)ility  as  hauler  of  the  church 
and  Young  People's  Society  have  given  ample  assurance  of  his 
future  usefulness  in  the  Lord's  vineyard.  Four  have  been  baptized 
into  the  church  during  the  year.  Brother  Scotield  up  to  the  tinn? 
«)f  Brother  Baker's  coming,  had  supjjlied  the  [)u!pit  every  alternate 
Sunday  in  the  afternoon  during  the  winter  months.  The  church 
in  lNlJ4  appointed  him  assistant  pastor  so  that  he  can  legally 
[)erform  burial  service  and  make  records  of  civil  status.  In  May, 
ls'.)7.  Miss  Ella  E.  Tracy,  our  church  clerk  for  twelvi-  years,  re- 
signed on  account  of  her  marriage,  and  removal  to  a  new  home. 
Always  active  and  zealous  in  the  work  of  the  church,  she  was 
and  is  grtmtly  missed,  as  is  also  her  old  home,  whose  d(jors  were 
always  hos[)itably  open  to  any  servant  of  the  Lord  who  might 
chance  to  pass  this  way.  Mrs.  Deacon  Broe  was  elected  clerk, 
and  continues  in  that  otfice  at  the  prsent  time. 

Daring  the  past  two  years  several  former  members  of  the 
Ba[)tist  Church  in  Berkshire  have  united  with  us,  and  from  the 
nundjer   Brother   Harvey   Chaffee  was   in   181M5  fleeted  deacon. 


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—  12-- 

These  together  with  some  recently  baptized,  have  oonRiderablv 
Btrengthened  the  church  and  have  given  cheer  to  those  IZ  hve 
so  long  borne  the  burden  and  heat  of  the  day 

Several  years  ago  Rev.  A.  L.  Arms  tendered  his  resignation  as 
pastor,  to  take  ett'ect  as  soon  as  a  successor  could  be'oUa  e d 
j4s  this  difficult  work  could  not  be  accomplished,  lie  still  reta  ns 
ns  pastoral  relations  with  the  church,  and  although  he  has  not 
been  able  to  preach  since  December,  1893,  he  continues  to  take 
out  the  annual  Register  of  Civil  Status,  and  does  such  pastoitl 
work  as  ho  IS  able  to  perform.     Present  membership  46    ^ 

And  today  v.^  here  see  the  fulfillment  of  our  hopes  and  plans 

Mc  do    erect    the   stone  "  Ebenezer."  reverently  and  devoutlv 
Baymg,  "  Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us."  «Ae%outl) , 


It 

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EXTRACTS  FROM  CHURCH  RECORDS. 


April  25'",  1801,  After  our  Cov^  Meeting,  the  Coin^""'  appointed  to 
confer  with  Elder  Hiblard  about  takiu};  the  Charge  of  the  C'''',  made 
their  Report  to  the  C'"'  from  the  Elder  in  writing  as  follows  (viz) 

To  the  C'"  of  Christ  in  the  East  Parish  in  S*.  Armand  Brethren  be- 
loved in  the  Lord,  as  you  did  by  your  vote  at  our  last  Gov'  Meeting 
Give  me  a  call  to  the  Pastoral  Care,  &  Charge  of  the  C"  as  your 
Elder:  I  feel  to  acknowledge  the  Respect  you  have  Manifested 
towards  me  with  gratitude  : — And  having  indeavoured  to  view  &  weigh 
Every  circumstance  as  far  as  I  am  able,  as  to  the  State  of  the  C*"',  the 
Gethering  and  Increase  of  the  C'",  «&  its  present  Order;  And  my 
heart  felt  union  to  this  Dear  branch  of  Zion,  which  I  believe  to  be  the 
Purchase  of  the  blood  of  Christ. 

As  also  the  Dealings  of  God  in  Providence  toward  me  in  first  Influ- 
encing me  first  to  move  iuto  these  parts  believing  it  my  Duty,  as  there 
were  very  few  Preachers  hereabout,  and  the  hard  strugle  I  had  with 
the  old  Man,  or  the  flesh. The  unspeakable  satisfaction,  and  abun- 
dant Joy  I  have  had  in  seeing  the  Lord  carry  on  his  work  in  this 
place,  and  the  Privelege  of  Waiting  on  the  lambs  of  Christ,  indeav- 
ouring  to  feed  the  Sheep  and  lambs  of  the  flock,  which  if  I  have  been 
iuabled  to  do  the  Lord  be  praised. 

And  altho'  I  Dare  not  presume  that  I  have  any  Spiritual  Children 
in  the  C""  here.  Yet  they  feel  near  to  my  heart  as  Dear  Children  in 
the  Lord,  Therefore  to  take  the  Spicial  Care,  and  charge  of  this  C'"' 
feels  like  Duty,  and  priveledge  united  together  ;  and  if  I  am  so  happy 
as  to  do  no  harm  I  shall  be  glad.  But  if  the  Lord  blesses  me  with  wis- 
dom and  Grace  to  be  faithfull  in  my  duty  So  as  to  be  of  Service  to 
the  C'"'  my  happiness  will  be  Great.  Bretlireu  pray  for  me,  the  Grace 
of  our  Lord,  Jesus,  Chri4  be  with  you  AMEN. 

I  subscribe  myself  Your  B'  in  Gospel  bonds. 

JED"  HIBBARD 
To  the  Baptist  C"" 
Christ  in  S\  Armand 


The  C'''  having  sent  out  letters  Missive  to  scjveral  C'""*  to  come  and 
set  in  Council  and  set  apart  Elder  Jed''  Hibbard  to  the  Spicial  Care, 
and  Charge  of  this  C"''.  The  Council  Convened  according  to  the  de- 
sire of  the  C""  on  August  27*"  1801,  at  Roger  Hibbard's. 

(viz) 


— 14  — 


i    ,  I  M 

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-(! 


i    ! 


Orwc'll 

Fiiirfax 

Sutton 


Bolton 

Swauton 
West  ford 


Hatley  & 
StanHted 


Delegates 
Elder  EInathan  Felps 
Eider  Joseph  Call 
Elder  William  Marsh 
D"  Calkins 
D"  Lothrop 
B'  8am'  Brown 
Elder  Ezra  Butler 
D"  David  Atkins 
B'  Edward  Fay 
B'  David  Hurlbut 
D"  Joshua  Calkins 
D"  David  Cambel 
Elder  Tho^  Brown 
B'  Chase 
B'  Burdick 
B'  Abi.il  Abbott 
B'  Nat'  Jewett 


Ihe  solemnity  opened  by  publiek  Worship,  Elder  Butler  preach" 
«  srmon  from  I  Tim.  4,  0.  Elder  Felps  Gave  the  Chaim^  And 
Elder  Cal  gave  the  Right  Hand  of  Fellowship- and  El'fer  Brown 
made  the  ast  prayer.-  Elder  Hibbard  Gave  out  the  Psalm  rul  d  h  it 
the  Assembly.— In  behaif  of  the  Council 

Attest         JOSEPH  CALL.  Moderator 

^,    .  ,        ,  SAM'  BROWN,  Scribe 

St.  Armand        ) 

August  27"'  IcSOJ  )■ 


preach'' 
i;  And 
r  Brcwn 
1  dismit 


I 


:  fminded 
1.  July  12, 
gislature, 
e  Ui)iver- 
;)p<isition. 
..  13.  11. 


CENTENNIAL  DISCOURSE. 

BY  LEWI5  B.   HIBBARD.  HIGHLAND  PARK.  ILL 


III  some  respects  this  is  the  most  nuirvelous  of  all  the  centu- 
ries ill  the  world's  history.  It  is  the  i)rodiict  of  all  that  have 
f^one  before  it,  and  the  achievements  of  this  century  are  the  cul- 
mination of  all  antecedent  ^'enerations,  or  as  the  distinj^uishinl 
Scotch  preacher,  William  M.  Taylor,  D.  D.,  phrased  it  '-The 
[>rogress  of  the  ages  is  made  through  the  deposit  l"ft  hy  each 
successive  generation  of  individual  men.  *  *  *  Wo  are  the 
heirs  of  all  preceding  generations.'"  Hence  the  nineteenth  is  the 
crown  and  climax  of  all  the  centuries.  The  biographer  or  Vic- 
toria's Prime  Ministers,  G.  Barnett  Smith,  says  In  his  openino- 
paragraph  on  Lord  Melbourne,  "The  half  century  which  began 
with  Mell)ourne  and  culminated  in  Gladstone  is  the  most  remark- 
able in  some  respects  in  the  whole  annals  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 
race."  All  this  is  according  to  a  deep-laid,  far-reaching,  divine 
plan,  and  all  history  is  the  evolution  of  God's  eternal  Uiought, 
the  unfolding  of  his  unchanging  plan,  and  the  resistless  march  of 
his  irrevocable  purpose.  It  was  this  thought  which  sugg(>sted 
tlu^  sermon,  "  Every  Man's  Life  a  Plan  of  God,"  by  a  celebrated 
New  England  preacher.  It  was  the  same  truth  as  seen  by  Lord 
Tennyson  which  inspired  those  oft-repeated  lines: 

"I  doubt  not  through  the  ages  one  increasing  purpose  runs, 
And  the  tliouphts  of  men  are  widened  with  tlie  process  of  the  suns." 

Pushing  out  from  its  ancestral  home  in  Central  Asia,  the 
Aryan  race  moved  westward,  the  late  brilliant  Elias  L.  Magoon, 
D.  D.,  said:  '-The  travels  of  men  and  the  trade  currents  of^God' 
move  spontaneously  and  perpetually  toward  the  W(>st;"  or  as 
Bishop  Berkley's  familiar  exprer,.-.i()n  reads:  '-Westward  the 
course  of  Empire  takes  it  way."  In  its  westward  march  it 
builded  such  nations  as  Greece  and  Roin(>.  who  carried  their  civ- 
ilization, the  highest  and  best  the  worhl  had  or  could  produce,  to 
the  ends  of  the  known  world.  They  liad  even  pushed  throu<di 
the  straits  of  Gibralter  up  the  coasts'of  Spain  and  France  to  the 
British  isles.    Then  the  worhl  waited  fifteen  long  centuries,  prac- 


10   - 


1       I  ih 

1       '  >  \ 


1 1 


Mil 


r 


ticnlly  inidor  Latin  control.  During  those  long  woary  centuries 
of  waitinjj  the  An<rlo- Saxon  and  Teutonic  races  were  beinj;  de- 
veloped  as  competitors  of  the  then  dominant  Latin  races.  At  the 
close  of  the  tifteenth  century  America  was  discovered.  Th<>  six- 
teenth century  saw  the  beginning,  while  the  seventeenth  wit- 
nessed the  culmination  and  glory  of  the  colonization  era.  This 
was  done  in  a  solid,  substantial  and  enduring  manner  by  tiie 
Anglo-Saxon  and  Teutonic  colonists  in  New  England  and  alon^ 
the  Atlantic  seaboard.  They  had  one  immense  advantage  over 
other  colonies  and  the  nations  of  Europe  in  that  they  did  not 
have  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men  in  their  new  colonies.  Will- 
iam Sfiiughton,  in  an  election  sermon  in  Massachusetts  in  1()8S, 
a  famous  year  in  Anglo-Saxon  history,  said:  "God  sifted  a  whole 
nation  that  he  might  send  choice  grain  into  the  wilderness  of 
of  New  England."  And  another  historian  describes  the  colonists 
and  founders  of  New  England  as  "the  sifted  wheat  of  the  old 
world,"'  and  Professor  John  Fiske,  the  brilliant  historian  of  our 
day,  says:  "In  all  history  there  has  been  no  other  instance  of 
colonization  30  exclusively  effected  by  picked  and  chosen  men.'' 
The  colonists  from  France  and  S[)ain,  the  Latin  races,  were  far 
less  satisfactory;  they  had  little  or  no  genius  for  successful  coloni- 
zation, and  hence  ultimately  lost  all  they  attempted.  The  choice 
colonists  of  New  England  gave  her  vast  influence  and  power  in 
the  counsels  of  the  nation.  Sometimes  English  jails  and  poor- 
houses  were  emptied  on  the  Southern  colonies,  hence  the  poor 
"white  trash"  of  the  present  day. 

The  colonization  of  America  revealed  wonderful  possibilities 
of  wealth  and  empire  to  European  statesmen  and  of  such  bound- 
less limits  as  Alexajider  and  Cmsar  never  dreamed.  None  saw 
these  j)ossibilities  more  clearly,  and  measured  them  more  accurately 
than  tlid  the  Roman  hierarchy,  and  in  this  matter  of  American 
colonization  she  had  no  rival.  Far-seeing  in  her  sagacity;  wise- 
planning  in  her  counsels;  unrelaxing  aiul  resourceful  in  her  grip 
and  power,  she  had  no  equal  during  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth 
centuries  in  the  wisdom  and  scope  of  her  plans  and  efforts  for  the 
conquest  of  this  continent.  Through  France,  the  favorite  son  of 
the  church,  she  colonized  Canada,  pushed  forward  a  line  of  forts 
and  missions  all  the  way  up  the  river  St.  Lawrence,  throuifh  the 
long  uubr«iken  chain  of  the  (ireat  Lakes  to  Chicago,  a  mere  swamji 
and  sand  ridge;  thence  over  a  narrow  portage  of  some  tliirty  miles. 


17 


centuries 
being  de- 
y.    xVt  the 

The  Bix- 
enth.  wit- 
rn.  This 
er  hy  the 
Mid  along 
tnge  over 
V  (lid  not 
es.  Will- 
,  in  1<)SS. 
d  a  whole 
lerness  of 

colonists 
f  the  old 
ni  of  our 
I  stance  of 
sen  men/' 
,  were  far 
ill  colon i- 
he  choice 

power  in 
aid  poor- 

the   poor 

sibilities 

1  bound- 

Sl^one  saw 

ciiratelj 

Untrican 

y :  wise- 

her  grip 

enteenth 

s  for  the 

e  son  of 

of  forts 

>ugh  the 

e  swauiji 

iy  miles. 


I 

i 


? 


— tlu'cugh  wlilch  thr  greiit  Chicfigo  Draiiuige  Canal  has  jnst  l.tM'u 
<;uiistnictr(l --into  the  Illinois  river,  down  that  into  the  Missis- 
sipju  find  so  on  to  tlu>  (Jnlf  of  M*  xico.  Snnultaneoiis  with  tliis 
WHS  tlu>  seizure  of  Fiorithi  and  the  West  Indies  bv  Spain,  and 
ihiis  the  Lfitin  races  formed  a  crescent  on  three  sides  of  the  Aii- 
glo-Siixon  and  Dutch  colonists  on  the  Atlantic  Coast.  Such  a 
state  of  things  woulil  sooner  or  later  conipid  a  eontiiet  and  death 
grapple  belv.'een  tlie  old  I-atin  races  and  their  English  and  (<er- 
uian  com|)etitors  for  the  ])(;ssessitin  and  cxjntrol  of  this  va.-^t  Aniev- 
itan  contini'nt.  The  fascinating  [lages  of  the  l)rilliant  iiiid  accu- 
rate Parknian  abound  in  eviilence  on  tluse  points.  liiMicethe 
Indian  wars  from  which  th.e  English  and  Dutch  colonists  sut- 
I'ered.  The  teni[)orary  defeat  at  l^'orr  Du<juesue  in  ITo.").  followed 
hy  the  derisive  eoniiict  at  (^)uebe(,'  in  1757.  which  Bancroft  pro- 
nounced "one  of  the  most  momentous  in  the  annals  of  mankind," 
!;ave  to  the  Iihiglish  tongue  and  the  institutions  of  the  (rermanic 
raee  the  unexplored  and  seemingly  inhnite  West  and  North,  and, 
as  Piilfrey  lacoiiically  (^xpri-sses  it,  "the  French  l']m[)ire  in  Amer- 
ica was  crushed."  The  fate  of  the  Latin  race  on  this  continent 
wMs  practically  settled,  and  the  supremacy  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 
and  Teutonic  eslablished  The  last  vestige  (jf  Latin  rule  was  nt)t 
gone,  but  on  that  Se[)tt^mber  day,  1707.  on  the  Hights  of  Abra- 
}'.!un.  the  (rod  of  Providence  uttered  his  voice  against  Latin  con- 
trol, whieh  Ki'V.  Samuel  Niles,  a  distinguished  Ccdonial  preaeher 
and  historian,  styled  ''a  woiulerful  work  of  Divine  Providence." 
C(jlemporaneous  with  these  events  was  the  battle  oP  Plassy. 
where  CMive.  whoi^e  genius,  with  that  of  Warren  Hastings,  gave 
England  her  empire  in  India,  with  1.01)0  IJrltish  and  'J.OOO 
Sepoys  utterly  routed  t)S,000  natives.  Thus  during  a  brief  [)eriod 
of  two  ami  a  half  years  the  Anglo-Saxon  race  had  secured  for- 
ever the  control  of  the  North  American  continent  and  all  South- 
ern Asia,  and  henceforth  its  morning  drum-beat  "circles  the 
globe  with  one  continuous  strain  of  tlu'  martial  airs  of  iMiglaud." 
Wat(n'lo<i's  fateful  day, — June  IT),  ISL"),  — was  a  reiteration,  on 
their  (nvn  soil,  to  the  nations  of  ContimMitfd  Europe,  of  the  irre- 
vocable Divine  decree  issued  on  the  Hights  of  Abraham,  for  as 
\'ictor  Hugo  says,  "  Waterhio  is  not  a  battle;  it  is  a  change  of 
front  of  the  Ciuverse."  The  sigidlicance  of  the  late  war  in  C.'uba, 
Porto  Kico  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  lies  in  this:  the  time  had 
come  when  the  last  traces  of  this  old   dtH-ayiug,  incom[>(^teat  ;nid 


IS 


'Ml 


()ut-(if-(lnli'  Liitin  control  uiiist  be  wi[)(^(l  out.  in  fart  ns  well  oh  in 
historic  ])ro|)lu'cv.  hoMCvcr  t'tir  aticki  sonic  of  our  nintcrinlisti*' 
political  jdiilosophcrs  may  wander  in  tlicir  intcr[)rt'tatioii  of  llicsi' 
events. 

This  decree  of  Anglo-Teutonic  domination  had  been  entered 
ore  the  dawn  (^f  the  Nineteenth  Centurv.  and  the  iVmericnn  Ri'V- 
olution,  siTinlngly  an  interiucine  contlict  between  men  of  the  same 
ancestry,  speech  and  religion,  was  really  enacted  to  secure  the 
development  of  that  suju'emacy  on  this  continent  according  to 
the  new  American  ideals — free  from  all  the  trammels,  traditions 
and  limitations,  as  well  as  the  reactionary  ideas  and  tendeut-ies  of 
the  ok]  world,  though  the  English  King  and  his  [u'emier  could 
not  see  it.  The  results  secured  to  freedom  by  Cromwell  and  his 
Bible  reading,  praying  and  Psalm-singing  ()ld  Ironsides,  were 
not  to  be  lost  to  the  coming  race,  perpetuating  the  language  of 
Milton  and  Shakes})ere.  Hence,  King  (Tcorge  the  Third  and  his 
type  of  statesmanship  were  doomed  from  all  eternity. 

But  there  were  some  good,  honest,  American  bin'n  and  bred 
men  who  could  not  see  this;  they  were  Loyalists,  luA  traitors,  and 
not  a  few  of  them,  rather  than  renounce  their  allegiance  to  their 
King,  returned  to  their  native  land,  or,  like  the  Huguenots  of 
Fran(!e,  tln^y  sought  new  homes  in  foreign  lands.  Ri'V.  Jedediah 
Hibbard,  the  founder  of  this  church,  was  one  of  tlu^se  Loyalists. 
Having  g(Mie  from  his  native  Canterbury,  Conn.,  to  Lebanon  and 
Cornish,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for  more  than  thirty  vears 
after  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis  —  performing  much  missionary 
labor  both  in  that  State  and  Central  Vermont  — he  pushed  his 
way  up  into  Canada  and  located  here  in  this  connnnnity,  giving 
the  balance  of  his  life  to  this  [)eople. 

A  hundred  years  aj^o!  What  a  strange  world  it  was.  and  what 
strange  possibilities  were  before  it.  The  French  Revolution  was, 
ns  Carlyle  rightly  says,  "n  revolt  of  the  oppressed  lower  classes 
against  the  (Oppressing  or  neglt^cting  u^iper  classes;  not  a  French 
revolt  oidy.  No,  a  European  one;  full  of  stern  monition  to  all 
ccmntrles  of  Europe."  This  Revolution  had  jiist  passetl;  Napo- 
leon— the  mightiest  intellectual  force  the  world  had  known  sinct* 
C;esar--ruling  with  an  iron  hand,  was  at  the  zenith  of  his  ])ower 
and  glory.  In  England,  the  most  enlightened,  most  favored 
and  farthest  advanced  nation  of  Europe,  the  old  sixteenth  cen- 
tury ideas  were  still  dominant,  and  the  policy  of  George  the  Third 


V.) 


well  fiH  ill 
tcrialistic 
II  ol:  llicpc 

I  entered 
ie;iu  Rev- 
tbe  same 
['cure  the 
)r(liiig  to 
trailitioiis 
leiu-ies  of 
lier  could 
1  mid  his 
des.  uta'e 
i^unii'e  of 
d  Mud  hiw 

and  bred 
itoi'H,  and 
e  to  their 
aenots  of 
JecU'diali 
Lioyalists. 
inon  and 

tv  years 
issionary 

slied  his 
V.  i>"ivin'-'' 

and  what 
tion  was, 

r  ehisses 
I  French 
m  to  all 
d;  Napo- 
\vn  since 
ds  ))()wer 
favored 

nth  cen- 
he  Thinl 


held  on  for  yet  thirty  yi-ars.  Chatham  and  Hnrke  Inid  passed 
away;  Pitt  was  near  the  end  of  his  career;  the  brilliant  Canning:; 
Was  in  his  prime, but  it  was  not  till  1SH2  that  Earl  (irey,  Brou<j;ham 
and  their  associates  carried  tlii^  historic  Reform  Bill;  nor  till  184<5 
that  Sir  Robert  Peel  -who,  according  to  the  liistorian.  was  the 
"<^reat<'st  parliamentary  ca])tain  of  his  time''- -made  his  C'onserv- 
ative  party,  created  by  himself,  carry  the  re[)eal  of  the  ol)n()xious 
and  op])ressive  Corn  Laws,  therel)y  ado[)tinj;  the  policy  which  his 
political  antagoinsts,  Richard  Cobden,  Charles  Villerd,  John 
Bri<i^h'  and  Lord  John  Russell,  had  8o  Un\^  advocated,  a  feat 
which  Justin  McCarthy  says  gave  proof  of  his  rare  statesman- 
ship. Dickens  and  Thackeray,  aiid  CoImU'U  and  Bright,  and 
(iladstone  and  others,  nn  n  who  so  largely  made  Great  Britain 
what  she  has  been  in  this  century,  were  unborn  when  this  churcli 
was  founded.  Her  gracious  Majesty,  Queen  Vict(jria — "whom 
God  preserve'" — was  not  l)orn  till  the  founder  of  this  (diurch  had 
l)een  nine  years  in  his  grave  down  yonder  in  the  Parish  O'ln- 
etery.  The  close  of  the  last  and  the  beginning  of  this  century 
was.  as  Prof.  H.  Morse  Stephens,  the  historian,  says,  '"not  only  a 
period  of  destruction,  but  a  j)eri(xl  of  construction,  and  a  time 
when  dtmiocracy  was  going  to  have  its  say  in  English  [)oliticH," 
and  I  may  add  in  world-wide  politics  as  well. 

Since  the  years  embraced  in  the  history  of  this  church  and 
those  of  this  century  are  the  same.  I  propose  during  the  hcnir 
you  have  allotted  me  in  this  cejitennial  service  to  speak  of 

SOME    OF    THE    PROBLEMS  AND  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF    THE    NINETEENTH 
CENTURY    AND    THEIR    SKINIPICANCE. 

The  illustrations  employed  will  be  drawn,  for  obvious  rea- 
8ons,  largely  from  this  continent  and  the  coml»ined  field  of  Amer- 
ican and  Anglo-Saxon  history.  What,  then,  were  some  «>f  these 
problems  and  how  have  they  been  solved  V 

First-  -The  peopling  of  the  e)>tir»^  country  from  sea  to  sea. 
When  this  church  was  founded  the  United  States  did  not  possess 
all  the  territory  east  of  the  Mississippi  river.  S[)ain  ceded  Flor- 
ida in  ISP,).  The  Province  of  Louisiana,  extending  from  Puget 
Sound  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  came  from  France  in  ISOH:  Texas 
was  annexed  in  1.S45;  California,  Nevada  and  I'tah.  with  portions 
of  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona  were  ceded  by  Mexico  in 
l8iS;  the  little  Gadsen  Purchase,  south  of  Arizona,  war>  made 


») 


LM) 


tM'l 


III 


t 


ill  I'V-5(>,  niid  Al;l^■ka  ciiiu' from  Knssifj  in  lx()7.  Trvrlturijilly.  tlio 
Mfilioii  li.is  cxpaiKlcd  to  tin*  couiitrNS  liuiit.  oitlv  tin-  Doiuiiiioii  of 
Ciiiiada.  Mixico  and  the  Central  Anu'i'l-jan  Statrs  nwait  annex- 
ation to  (•oiui)!rte  tlie  continent  What  in  more- — tlu'  Ignited 
Stales  one  liiindred  years  a^o  liad  lef-s  than  six  uullions  of  peo- 
ple. To-(hiy  there  fire  nearly  stiventy-tive  millions;  that  is,  the 
pojiulatiou  istwelvetimes  as  lar<^e  as  when  thisc'iureh  was  founded 
Our  old  An;4lo-Saxon  home-land  has  j^rown  fritui  nine  to  forty 
millions,  while  our  little  neii>;!il)()riii<r  Stat*^  of  Vermont,  wdiieh  in 
the  nine  years  from  I7t>l  to  ISOI)  o-rew  from  SH.-t-DU  to  1.")  l-,4()"). 
now  re[)()rts  H:rJ.422.  No  one  dreamed  then  that  the  st>at  of 
American  power  would  nltimatt'ly  be  found  in  tlie  Mississip))i 
\'alh>y:  that  out  on  those  then  unlnoken,  unpeo[)!ed  and  unex- 
l)lored  prairies  l']m|)ire  States  were  to  bo  builded.  To-day  those 
o-real  C'eidral  States,  whose  unmeasured  possil)ilities  are  in  the 
early  stages  of  their  develo|)ment.  hold  in  their  hands  the  destiny 
iKjt  only  of  the  great  American  Kei)ublic.  but  of  the  North  Aaner- 
ican  continent;  aye.  the  t^ntire  New  World  [)erha})S  the  world 
itself. 

When  this  church  was  founded,  in  17'''.),  this  Mississl[)pi  Val- 
ley had  only  a  vovy  limiteil  and  widely  scattered  [)o[)ulation.  To- 
day it  has  thirty  millions  of  j)oo[)le.  atid  at  the  rate  of  national 
increase  during  the  c(Mitury.  when  you  gathi'r  Inn'e  in  lU',)',)  to 
celeitrave  tin-  second  ciMitenniid  of  this  church  tha^,  valley  will 
ha\i'  a  population  of  well  nigh  three  hundred  and  fifty  millions, 
and  will  then  outstrip  in  wealth,  [)oj)ulation  and  power  any  civil- 
ized nation  now  on  the  face  of  llu^  glob(\  The  city  of  (Chicago 
had  no  existenc.-e  when  this  church  was  founded.  In  1812  it  was 
a  little  frontier  stockade  tort,  with  a  few  soldiers;  in  lS;jO,  it 
liad  seventy  inha!)itauts,  about  the  size  of  your  own  Abbott's 
Corner  vilhige;  in  ISiM.  the  year  of  my  birth,  it  had  three  hun- 
dred inhabilants,  about  the  siz(?  of  Frelighsburg.  now,  as  always, 
the  "shir*'"  t>f  our  East  Parish  of  St.  Armand.  Tcuhiv  Chica<i:o 
boasts  a  )>o[)ulation  of  two  million,  or  fr(jm  one-third  to  one-half 
the  entire  ])o[)ulalion  t)f  the  Dominion  of  Canntla,  or  more  than 
s'x  times  the  [>opu!ation  of  tlie  State  of  Vermont.  These  are 
san)})li'S  of  the  way  the  century  has  been  peo[)!ing  this  continent. 
The  next  prol)lem  of  the  century  was  this: 

Second     T'he  building  of  centers  or  focal  points  of  tlu^  social, 
intelleclual  and  religious  life  and  power  of  the   nation.     A  hun- 


2U- 


tDriiiUy.  the 
)()iniMioii  of 
fiiii  aiiiH'X- 
tlu'    l^iiitctl 

lllS    of      [M'O- 

tliat  is,  till" 
■Mri  foinidcd 
111'  to  forty 
t.  whic'li  ill 
to  lo  ^j^r*.'), 

ho    S(>!»t    of 

Mi.ssissi[ii)i 
and  uiH'X- 
xhiv  those 
are  in  the 
thi'  (U'rttiny 
ortli  Amer- 
i   tlic!  worhl 

:ssi[)j)i  Val- 
ition.  To- 
f  iiaticMial 
in  llHM)  to 
Viilley  will 
y  millions. 

my  eivil- 
)f  (Uiicago 
Hi'l  it  was 
n  is;j().  it 
I  Abbott's 
hree  bun- 
as always. 
V  Chiea<>'o 

)  one-half 
nore  than 
These  are 
continent. 

th(^  sociab 
A  hun- 


dred years  ago  there  wore  no  eilies,  in  our  inoch'rn  sense  of  that 
term,  and  such  as  tlu>re  were,  were  small  and  scattered;  the  over- 
whelming majority  of  th(>  {K'o[)le  lived  in  the  country,  oii  farms 
or  manors,  r.s  in  Virginia,  after  the  old  Kuropeau  custdm.  ITence 
the  country  man,  the  country  church,  country  people^  and  polit- 
ical lenders  were  the  prominent  oms.  The  doininant  factors  of 
the  life  of  that  day  were  (jf  tlu>  country.  Today  [n)[)ulation  is 
niiissing  in  tiie  cities,  (jver  one-third  of  the  entire  p.o[)ulation 
of  the  nation  b(>ing  there  now,  and  in  a  few  years,  experts  say. 
more  than  ludf  will  be  in  cities.  Hence,  tlu'  right  and  successful 
government  of  (uties  is  the  most  serious  and  [vrjilexing  problem 
of  the  age,  but  its  solution  [)asses  over  to  the  twentieth  century. 
Thirty  years  ago  I  settled  in  a  Vermont  iown  of  about  oik-  thou- 
sand inhabitants.  In  LSUO  its  population  was  reduced  to  bil,  a 
loss  of  2S;}.  or  over  twenty-tlve  per  cent,  in  t\v(j  and  twenty 
vears,  and  the  last  United  States  census  revealed  over  te'ii  tluni- 
sand  other  country  to\\ns  in  a  similar  decline,  though  the  po[)ula- 
tion  of  the  nation  is  rapidly  increasing. 

During  the  last  one  hundred  years  the  po[)ulatioii  of  the  coun- 
try has  multi[)lied  twelve  times;  that  of  the  cities  has  niulti[)lied 
over  t'ighty-six  times.  Still  further,  our  population  is  being 
••  foreignized"'  with  strange  rapidity.  When  this  century  opened 
the  population  of  New  Eiighmd  per  hundred  consisted  of  ninety- 
eight  Americans  nnd  two  foreignei's.  Today  out  of  ev«n'y  hun- 
dred inhabitants  Now  Orleans  has  51  foreigners  and  4',)  Amer- 
icans; Boston,  i>il  foreigners  and  87  Americans;  Butfalo,  71  for- 
eigners and  29  Americans;  St.  Louis,  7S  foreigners  and  22  Amer- 
icans; Milwaukee,  84  foreigners  and  l(j  Americans;  Chicago,  W) 
foreigners  and  10  Amroicans.  Experts  in  criminology  say  these 
foreigners  are  two  and  a  half  times  as  prone  to  crime  and  throe 
times  as  [)rt)ne  to  pauperism  as  oar  native-born  Americans.  Is  it 
any  wonder  that  poverty  and  [)auperism,  and  mobs  and  crimes  of 
all  kinds  abound  in  (jur  cities?  Nearly  half  a  century  ago  as 
keen  an  observer  as  Do  Toquevillo  said:  "I  look  upon  the  size 
<jf  certain  American  cities,  and  especially  u[)on  the  nature  of  their 
population,  as  n  real  danger  whicli  threatens  the  security  of  the 
republic  of  the  New  World."  Again,  a[)parently  the  power  of 
Protestantism  has  been  declining  in  these  largo  cities.  A  hun- 
dred years  ago  in  Boston,  for  examf)!©,  there  was  a  Protestant 
church  for  every  1,2(J0  of  its  population;  today  there  is  one  for 


_22- 


M    '! 


ovi-ry  2.0OO  of  its  iMiuibilaiits.  Sixty  yrnrs  )i<j;'n  Chicago  had  n 
Cliristiaii  cimrch  for  al)oat  «'V('ry  ^Od  of  its  pcojilc:  today  it  has 
one  for  every  l-'. -")<)()  to  ;{.(M)0  of  licr  inhabitants.  Tiiat  is  the 
forces  wiiich  make  for  sin  and  poverty,  an<l  crime  and  anarchy, 
and  ruin  are  several  times  as  strong  t(jday  as  they  were  when  this 
<'hurcli  was  founded.  We  du  not  wonder  sometimes,  then,  that 
»lumi'S  Kiissell  Lov.ell  should  write,  '"'IVuth  forever  on  tin'  scaf- 
fold, wron*.,'  forever  on  the  thron*'."  lint  those  whose  BihK'S  have 
not  l)een  ''expur^i^ated'"  of  ins[)ii*ed  and  inspiring  historie  facts 
and  cr.rdinal  truths  bv  the '*liiiifher  critics."  so-called,  will  not 
for<;et  that  in  the  hour  of  Israel's  extrenn*  [)eril  the  death  an<4('l 
of  her  covenant-keejiiiif^  (lod  ])asstHl  oviT  the  beHie<(in,i';  cam[)  of 
the  enemy  and  Tsn.tXM)  of  the  Assyrian  soldiers  sle[)t  the  sU'cjj 
that  knows  ncj  waking  in  a  single  night. 

Third  -The  economic  and  industrial  prol>Iem.  or  the  dev»'lop- 
ment  of  the  earth's  resources  and  the  utilization  of  naliin'S 
unmeasured  forces.  A  hundred  y«\'n's  ago  it  required  six  days  I0 
make  the  wearvin*;.  comfortless  lournev  from  IJoston  to  New 
York,  a  distance  of  217  mih's;  it  is  now  made,  with  all  the  lux- 
urious coud\)rts  of  an  elei^ant  hon.ie.  in  as  manv  hours.  The 
bioijraphv  of  the  lato  .losiah  Uuincv  of  Boston  contains  an  amus- 
ing  account  of  liis  tri|)  in  ITU")  in  an  old  stagt^  coach  occuj)ying 
the  entire  wetdv.  When  this  church  was  founded  a  U!o(h'ni  rail- 
road was  uiidreamed  of.  The  first  loconjotive  for  hauling  trains 
was  used  in  Enghuid  in  1S()4,  moving  ten  tons  of  freight  t\\r 
miles  an  hour,  a  wonderful  achievement  tlien.  In  iS'Jo  [)assen- 
ger  trains  were  hauled  over  the  Stockton  cV:  Darlington  road  in 
England.  Imt  not  till  the  opening  of  tli(>  Liverpool  it  Manchester 
railroad  in  iNiJO  was  a  pa.ssenger  tratiic  established  with  modern 
traction  engiia^s.  and  when  George  Ste[)liensofi  told  the  connnittee 
of  Piirliamejit  he  hojxnl  iji  time  to  reach  a  speed  of  twelve  miles 
j)er  hour  they  were  shocked  and  tilled  with  fright  at  th.e  [)eril 
involved.  The  first  successful  sleandioat  was  Robert  Fulton's 
••C'i(U*nnjnt"*  on  the  Hudson  in  1807,  two  years  before  Jedediah 
Hibbard,  the  found(>r  of  this  cliundi,  died.  Dr.  Lardfier,  the 
eminent  Lontlon  scientist,  went  down  to  Liver[)ool  iji  Dect.'nd)er, 
iNiJo,  and  delivered  a  course  of  If.K'tures.  in  one  »jf  which  he 
demonstrated,  with  scientific  accuracy,  the  al)8olnte  im[)ossibility 
of  a  steamship  crossing  the  Atlantic.  A[)ril  5th.  iSiiH,  ■•Sirius" 
steamed  out  of  Cork,  and  April  2;?  she  was  sighted  down  the  bay 


—  2M- 


todiiy  it   liiiH 

TImt  is  th(' 

nil!  (uiareliy. 

rr  when  this 

'S.  then,  tliitt 

oil  tlio  scnf- 

Bihlt'S  have 

iiHtoric  factjj 

led.  will   not 

(If'.'itli  all;^•(>l 

iiii(  caiui)  of 

pt  the  sK'cj) 

tli(>  (Icvt'loj). 

of  iial  lire's 

I  six  (lays  \u 

ton    lo  New 

nil    tlu'   lux- 

lours.     The 

lis  an  aiiius- 

occnpyiii^r 

odcni  rail- 

Hii^;'  < rains 

■vcio-ht    fivf 

'2'")   [jasscn- 

(^n   road  in 

MaiK'liestcr 

ith  modorii 

(•oniiniltoo 

rt't'lv*'   UlilcH 

t  the  [H>ril 
t  Fnlton's 
V  Jodcdiali 
rdficr.  the 
D(H'».'inl  )(')•. 
wliicli  he 
i[K!Ssibility 
^,  -.Sirius" 
All  tilt'  bay 


at  Nl'W  York,  and  f  oner  jiciird  Wcndt-Il  I'liillips  smv  to  a  liuston 
aiidiciifc  that  in  the  (•ar<jjo  of  tlif  ••Sirius"'  was  a  oonsii^'inncnt  of 
vohiincs  containliiif  Dr.  liardiu-r's  famous  IrctuiH".  The  •"Siriiis" 
was  a  shijt  «>f  U'J  tons  luirdin.  and  she  made  the  transatlantii- 
voyai;i'  in  In  days.  The  C'anipania.  of  the  (.'unard  line  is  a 
vcssi'l  of  1:>.(H)(I  tons  and  has  inatU'  tlu>  vovnire  in  •")  da\s.  7  hours 
and  2o  minntis.  Tlu-  Saxonia,  just  laundu'd,  is  of  lN,tK)l)  fon^ 
capacity,  or  l-'J  tiuu'S  as  larj^'c  as  the  Sirius. 

Then  cjiint'  tclej^raphs.  The  first  siu'c<>ssful  coinincrcial  linr 
was  opened  Ixtween  Washin^ijton  and  l>allini(»re  May  'Jttli  — 
(^ueen  Victoria's  hirtli  day  Isfl-;  just  three  yenrs  after  this 
identical  l)ricU  nu-eting  house  in  which  we  are  now  assembled 
was  l)uilded.  and  toilay  almost  no  country  is  too  wild,  and  no 
place  too  distant  to  tV'cl  the  tlirohhiu*^  heart  beats  of  tlu'  threat 
world's  life  over  tele«>'ra[)h  lines.  As  we  gatlu-r  here  in  this  (V-n- 
lennial.  l']n;j;lish  lueii  and  English  capital  are  constructin:^'  a  liiu' 
from  (*ape  Town  to  Cairo,  over  •».()()()  miles  in  leiijjfth,  throuj^h 
the  »^'reat  continent  of  Africa.  Tlu'  first  successful  submarine 
line  was  laid  in  IS(»().  Tsxlay  ocean  beds  are  almost  a  net  work 
of  cal)les.  In  1S;J4-  the  Late  Cyrus  McCormick  (ujiistructed  his 
first  eil'ective  reaper.  Today  Ids  machines.  hi«jjldy  |K'rfected, 
''at her  the  harvi'sts  of  I'very  y'rain-^frowiny^  c(niiitrv  of  the  world. 
Sonu'  of  us  old  men  remember  the  slow,  tedious,  ])acknchiiii; 
proce.'^s  of  rea[)inii;  and  then  cradliu^jf  i^rain;  of  thrashin*^  it  with 
a  tlail;  of  ufatherini^  the  hay  crop  with  a  hand  scythe  and  rake, 
and  of  tillinjjf  the  tiehl  with  tlie  old  wood  and  cast  iron  [)lows. 
Todav  it  is  all  done  by  horse  and   steam  i)ower.      And  it  is  sv)   in 

&  •  1 

every  de[)nrtment  of  economic  and  industrial  life;  machiiu'ry  does 
the  work  formerly  done  by  man,  so  that  according  to  a  conserva- 
tive estimate  the  machinery  in  operation  in  tlu;  siuLjle  stall'  of 
Massachusetts,  all  of  it  invented  and  [)ut  into  service  since  this 
church  was  founded,  re[)resents  tlu'  workiii'.j  ca[)acity  of  one  hun- 
dred million  men.     A  further  |)roblem  was. 

Fourth. — -The  world's  evan<;eli/ation.  About  seven  years  Ix^fore 
this  church  came  into  existence,  (October  2.  t7'.>2.  William  Carey 
(le!i\ered  his  famous  sermon  in  Ketterin*^.  iMii^land  ivhicli  startled 
the  r(di«^"ious  life  of  Great  F>ritain  and  America,  ami  h-d  to  the 
uiuhu'taking  of  the  grandest  enterprise  on  earth.  Of  the  (iroat 
missionarv  his  latest  and  best  bioijraplu'r,  Geor«je  Smith,  savs: 
'•  William  Carey's  cartn-r  of  fifty  years,  h'om  his  ba[)tisni  in  17'S;{ 


t 

t. 

c 
c.  I 


21  — 


111 


1'  ^         I 


niid  the  composition  of  his  Inquiry  to  his  denth  iii  1834,  covered 
and  influenced  more  than  any  other  one  man's  the  wliole  time." 
That  is  indeed  high  praise,  when  we  remember  it  was  the  period 
such  men  as  Chatham,  and  Burke,  and  Fox  and  Pitt  ami  Can- 
ning, and  Wellington,  and  Napoleon,  were  living  tigures  in 
European  history — that  the  humble,  obscure,  but  godly  eobl)ler 
of  England  outstripped  them  all,  albeit  the  total  visible  timmcial 
capital  oi  his  enterprise  was  only  £13  2s.  Cxi. — or  alxjut  v^To. 
Little  wonder  that  the  wit  ot  the  English  church  and  the  Whig 
party,  with  the  leading  reviewers,  sneered  at  the  idea  of  evange- 
lizing India's  millions  on  such  a  financial  basis  as  that.  But 
they  eliminated  the  grand  factor  in  the  enteri)rise.  William 
Carey,  humble  and  ;<bscure  though  he  was,  believed  in  God,  and 
when  he  died  he  left  20  vigorous  Christian  churches,  with  a 
large,  active  and  aggressive  membership,  while  he  and  his  two 
associates  had  given  out  of  their  own  earnings  over  $4(H),()00  in 
cash,  besides  years  of  toil  and  life  itself,  to  the  cause  of  the  mis- 
sions  of  India;  and  today  that  little  £Vd  2s.  Gd.,  which  provoked 
the  godless  wit  of  Smith,  has  become  a  mighty  stream  of  over 
ten  millions  of  dollars  annually.  The  aud)ition  of  Sidney 
Smith's  life  was  to  be  a  bishop  (jf  the  English  church,  and  he 
failed.  The  ambition  of  William  Carey  was  to  lay  the  founda- 
tion for  the  evangelization  of  India  and  win  some  souls  to  (iod. 
Did  he  succeed? 

When  young  Judson  proposed  going  to  India  as  a  mission- 
ary some  of  his  friends  urged  liim  to  desist  and  become  pastc.u" 
of  the  large,  popular,  wealthy,  influential  and  cultured  Park 
Street  church  in  Boston.  He  went  to  Burma,  and  when  he  died 
in  1850  his  son  and  biographer  says  he  left  as  the  result  of  his 
forty  years  work  in  that  land  iVd  Christian  churches,  into  wdiose 
membership  over  7,000  converts  from  heathenism  had  been  bap- 
tised, and  the  entire  w'ord  of  God  translated  into  the  Burmese 
language,  the  standard  and  classic  in  that  tongue  for  all  time. 
As  Adoniram  Judson  looks  over  the  battlements  of  Paradise  and 
gazes  on  the  Park  Street  church  on  one  hand  and  redeemed 
Burma  on  the  other,  with  Christian  churches,  schools  literature, 
homes  and  a  Christian  civilization  everywhere,  think  you  he  re- 
grets the  consecration  of  his  young  life  in  1810  to  foreign  mis- 
sions!* When  some  one,  in  18()8,  proposed  a  monument  to  the 
memory  of  B.  O.  Thomas,  of  the  Henzada  mission,  the  stentor- 


25 


S.94.  covered 
kvhole  time." 
IS  the  period 
itt  and  Caii- 
,'  figures  in 
riiUy  cobbler 
l)le  tiiinncial 

ab(jnt  ^lo. 
id  the  WhiiT 
I  ot'  evaiij^e- 

that.  But 
e.  William 
in  God,  and 
dies,  with  a 
find  his  two 
^4(H),()00  in 
of  the  mis- 
^h  provoked 
am  of  over 
I  of  Sidney 
ch,  and   he 

le  foiinda- 

Is  to  God. 

a  mission - 
ome  pa8t(.>r 
ured    Park 
Ml  he  died 
suit  of  his 
into  whose 
been  bap- 
Burmese 
r  all  time, 
adise  and 
redeemed 
literature, 
ou  he  re- 
eitj^n  mis- 
nt  to  the 
}  stentor- 


ian voice  of  Secretary  Dr.  Jonah  G.  Warren  rung  out,  *'Shall  we 
build  n  monument  to  his  memory?  Sixty  churches,  sixty  native 
[)astors  and  two  thousand  members  are  his  monument  already 
erected."  Does  Benjamin  C.  Thomas  need  a  marble  pile  to  per- 
[)etunte  his  memory?  Rev.  Jedediah  Hibljard  had  been  dead 
nearly  five  years  when  American  Baptists,  in  the  old  First  Bap- 
tist church  in  Philadelphia,  organized  their  missionary  society 
Mfiy,  1814,  and  today  they  have  850  churches,  with  1,300  [)reach- 
ers  of  the  gos[)el,  and  over  100,000  church  members  now  living, 
besides  the  tens  of  thousands  who  have  died. 

But  the  real,  vital  point  is  not  statistics,  however  interesting 
fiud  valuable  they  may  be.  Opposers  tell  us  there  are  more 
heathen  in  China  and  India  today  than  one  hundred  years  ago. 
Granted,  if  you  will.  Populations  have  increased  very  fast 
during  this  century — from  five  to  seventy-five  millions  with  us. 
But  the  crux  of  the  whole  matter  is  the  effect  of  Christian  mis- 
sions on  the  great  fabric  of  heathenism.  Is  Christianity  chang- 
ing, reconstructing  the  framework,  the  fundamental  structure  of 
heathenism  in  respect  of  its  personal,  social,  intellectual,  political 
and  religious  life? 

If  it  is,  missions  are  a  success;  if  it  is  not,  they  are  a  failure. 
It  is  the  testimony  of  missionaries  of  the  longest  service;  of  the 
largest  experience;  broadest  culture;  most  far-reaching  sagacity 
and  comprehensive  grasp,  that  missions  are  doing  just  this  work; 
and  this  view  is  confirmed  by  the  observations  of  the  most  com- 
[)etent,  fair-minded  and  careful  travelers  from  all  lands,  and, 
above  all.  by  that  large,  thoroughly  educated  and  competent  body 
of  civil  and  military  servants  of  Great  Britain  and  other  lands. 
Their  united  testimony  is  to  the  effect  that  these  missions  have 
practically  honeycombed  those  ancient  and  stately  paganisms 
through  and  through,  so  that,  ou  almost  any  special  occasion, 
they  are  ready  to  crumble  to  the  ground,  leaving  the  heathen 
world  free  for  occupation  and  control  by  our  triumphant  Chris- 
tianity. 

Since  the  delivery  of  this  discourse  I  have  read  the  fascinat- 
ing life  of  the  late  Prof.  Henry  Drummond,  and  I  insert  his  esti- 
mate of  the  worth  of  missionary  work  given  after  his  last  world 
tour,  in  181(0,  embracing  Australia,  the  New  Hebrides,China,  Japan 
and  North  America:  "Most  of  us  have  seen  a  man  or  two,  or 
a  hundred  or  two — ministers,  missionaries,  Christian  laymen — at 


—  2(5  — 


1 


\\^{ 


work  upon  the  higher  evolution  of  the  world;  but  it  is  when  one 
sees  them  by  the  thousand  in  every  land,  and  in  every  tongue, 
and  the  mountain  honeycombed  and  slowly  crumbling  on  each  of 
its  frowning  sides,  that  the  majesty  of  the  missionary  work  tills 
and  inspires  the  mind." 

Fifth,— The  Kecognition  of  the  Brotherhood  of  Man.  The 
unity  of  the  human  race  is  as  old  as  creation  itself,  for  God  put 
into  the  warp  and  weft  of  humanity  as  its  golden  stripes  this 
brotherhood  of  man  and  the  comity  of  nations,  and  Paul  enun- 
ciates the  law  in  clearest  terms  in  that  matchless  tliscourse  on 
Mar's  Hill,  "For  God  hath  made  of  one  blood  all  nations  of  men 
for  to  dwell  on  the  face  of  the  earth."  This  law  had  been  in  ex- 
istence from  the  beginning,  but  it  had  not  been  rigidly  enforced; 
the  world  was  not  ripe  for  that,  but  with  the  coming  of  the  nine- 
teenth century  came  the  fulness  of  God's  time  for  its  reassertion 
and  enforcement.  But  alas,  the  world  could  not  see  it.  A  hun- 
dred years  ago  the  old  world  was  all  cut  up  into  little  Ishmael- 
itish  states,  kingdoms  and  dukedoms,  the  hand  of  each  one 
against  his  fellow  nations,  save  the  experiment  of  the  ages  on 
this  continent,  where,  as  the  great  Lincoln  said, we  were  trying  to 
establish  a  government  of  the  people,  by  the  people  and  for  the 
people.  These  nations  were  separated  from  each  other  by  moun- 
tain ranges,  seas  or  oceans,  rivers,  or,  in  some  cases,  only  imag- 
inary lines,  with  forts  and  soldiers  on  every  froidier.  The 
world's  rulers,  statesmen  and  diplomatists  knew  no  other  way, 
and  generally  wanted  no  other  way.  The  French  Revolution  had 
practically  annihilated  the  old  feudal  customs  of  Europe,  es- 
pecially in  France,  where  they  lingered  longest,  and  kindled 
aspirations  for  freedom  and  liberty  and  rights  among  the  masses, 
and  with  those  new,  widespread  aspirations  came  changes  for, 
as  Carlyle  says  on  Chartism,  ''New  eras  do  come;  there  is  no  fact 
surer  than  that  they  have  to  come."  But  what  did  the  world's 
leaders  do?  After  the  battle  of  Waterloo,  in  1815,  wIk'u  tlie 
power  of  Napoleon,  who  had  been  the  scourge  and  terror  of  Eu- 
rope for  well  nigh  a  score  of  years,  was  broken  and  France  in  the 
dust,  the  Allies  marched  into  Paris  and  restored  the  Bourbons! 
No  new  era  in  that;  no  helping  the  French  people  and  the  groan- 
ing millions  of  Europe  to  a  better  day  and  order  of  things.  And 
to  the  Congress  of  Vienna,  the  most  noted  diplomatic  assemblage 
the  world  had  ever  seen,  Englantl  sent  Castlereagh,  as  reaction- 


ii 

i 

I 


—  27  — 


s  when  one 
:^rv  tongue, 
•  on  each  of 
y  work  fills 

Mftn.     The 
or  Grod  put 
5tri[)es   this 
Paul  enun- 
iscourse  on 
ons  of  men 
been  in  ex- 
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reassert  ion 
i.     A  hun- 
e  Ishmael- 
f  each   one 
he  ages  on 
pe  trying  to 
uid  for  the 
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only  imag- 
tier.      The 
other  way, 
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Curope,  es- 
[id  kindled 
the  masses, 
uinges  for, 
is  no  fact 
le  world's 
when    tlie 
ror  of  Eu- 
nice in  the 
Bourbons! 
the  groan- 
^8.    And 
sseniblnge 
reaction- 


ary as  any  prince  of  the  house  of  Hanover;  France  sent  the  pol- 
ished, adroit,  cunning  and  unscrupulous  Talleyrand;  Austria  had 
Metternich,  whom  to  name  is  enough,  while  Grermany  and  Rus- 
sia's re[)resentatives — Hardenberg  and  Neselrode — were  men  of 
kin(lre(l  aims  and  sympathies — every  last  man  of  them  worthy  of 
(jf  the  spirit  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  their  reactionary 
compact  filled  Europe  with  revolutions  and  bloodshed  for  half  a 
ct'uturv.  But  there  was  God's  Ihw  of  human  brotherhood  and 
national  comity  which  must  be  enforced.  By  miracle?  No;  by 
natural  means,  su[)ernaturally  moved  and  guided,  for  God  makes 
even  the  wrath  of  man  to  serve  Him  in  executing  his  sovereign 
[)ur poses  in  the  world. 

I  have  already  spoken  of  the  old,  slow,  tedious  processes  of 
earlier  days.  When  the  great  Lisbon  earthquake  occurred,  Nov. 
1,  1755,  in  which  ()0,000  people,  whole  streets,  blocks  of  build- 
ings and  wharves  were  swallowed  up  and  perished  forever,  all  in 
eight  minutes  of  time.  Captain  Joseph  Hibbard — a  distant  kins- 
man of  the  founder  of  this  church — saw  it  all  from  his  brigan- 
tine  "'Hannah"  as  she  lay  anchored  well  out  in  the  harbor.  He 
immediately  sailed  for  New  York,  and  the  day  after  his  arrival  a 
full  account  of  the  awful  calamity  was  published  in  the  New  York 
Mercury.  That  is,  it  took  from  Nov.  1  to  Dec.  27  for  the  news 
to  come  from  Portugal  to  America  nearly  eight  weeks,  and  it 
came  very  quick  for  those  days.  Th«^re  could  be  no  world-wide 
brotherhood  of  man  at  that  rate.  The  world — the  whole  world 
— must  be  able  to  read  in  its  morning  paper  an  account  of  every 
important  event  the  world  over  of  the  day  and  night  before — 
that  will  put  every  one  of  us  in  touch  with  the  antipodes.  Hence 
for  this  new  era  of  universal  brotherhood  there  must  be  these 
three  things:  (1)  Distance  must  be  annihilated;  (2)  time  must 
be  wiped  out,  and  (ii)  the  treasures  of  the  earth,  the  sea  and  the 
air  and  all  of  nature's  resources  must  be  utilized  for  the  service  of 
mankind,  the  entire  race.  And  that  is  what  these  railroads, 
steamships,  telegraphs,  telephones,  steam-plows,  mowers,  harvest- 
ers, electric  motors  and  lights,  and  the  countless  other  inventions, 
together  with  the  economical,  social,  industrial  and  educational 
changes  of  this  nineteenth  century  signify.  You  remember  after 
tlu'se  things  began  to  come  in  their  fulness,  Mr.  Gladstone  spoke 
of  us  Americans  as  "Our  Kin  beyond  the  Sea,"  the  first  out- 
<*roppingB  of  the  real  enduring  Anglo-American  Alliance. 


I   I 


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I 


'    M  !   ^ 


■28  — 


Is  there  a  great  fire  ii>.  Chicago,  consuming  b  ildings  by  the 
thousands  and  property  by  the  millions?  Aye,  and  all  the 
world  knows  of  it  in  a  few  hours,  and  before  noon  of  the  next 
day  there  are  thousands  of  pounds  of  good  solid  British  gi)ld 
placed  in  the  banks  of  London,  and  Liverpool,  and  Mancliester, 
and  Ijirmingham,  and  Glasgow,  aid  Edinburgh  to  the  ord(^r  of 
the  Mayor  of  Chicago  for  the  relief  of  the  sull'ering  people  of 
that  stricken  city.  That  was  "kin  beyond  sea;"  th(>  brotherhoixl 
of  man;  the  fellowship  of  nations;  a  vital  Anglo-American  Al- 
liance on  God's  lines. 

Is  an  American  President  fatally  wounded  by  an  assasin's 
bullet  in  broad  daylight  in  the  nation's  capital?  The  shocking 
intelligence  encircles  the  globe  ere  nightfall,  and  Mrs.  Gariii^ld 


receives  messages  from  all  the  crowned  heads  of  the  world  ere 
the  breakfast  tray  is  borne  to  her  chamber  the  next  moiiiing.  It 
is  "kin  beyond  sea,"  because  all  the  nations  and  races  are  of  one 
blood,  and  God,  the  Sovereign  of  Worlds,  is  emphasizing  the 
stupendous  fact. 

Or  does  gaunt,  deadly  famine  begin  to  threaten  the  millions 
of  the  Carnatic  or  the  Punjaub?  The  sad  intelligence  is  dis- 
patched over  tremulous  wires  and  under  seas  from  sunburned 
India  to  the  farmers  of  Kansas,  Nebraska,  the  Dakotas  and  Man- 
itoba, and  ere  the  sun  goes  down,  as  it  were,  train  loads  of  their 
surplus  corn  and  wheat  are  on  the  way  to  the  seaboard  that  the 
millions  of  India  perish  not  for  lack  of  bread.  It  is  "kin  be- 
yond sea,"  the  Anglo-American  and  the  Anglo-Saxon  have  not 
only  learned  that  thev  are  brothers,  but  that  the  hungry  bronzed 
Hindus  or  Moslems  of  India  are  their  brethren  also;  and  the  tel- 
egraph and  the  railroad  and  steamship  have  made  possible  this 
godlike  relief.  That  is  what  they  are  for  in  the  larger  economy  of 
God — their  commercial  uses  are  only  secondary  with  Him. 

Sixth— The  Significance  of  the  Wonderful  Developments  of 
the  Nineteenth  Century.  As  has  already  been  suggested,  the 
world  had  been  getting  ready  during  all  the  preceding  centuries 
for  the  nineteenth,  the  most  wonderful  of  them  all,  and  probably 
more  has  been  accomplished  for  the  race  during  this  one  than  in 
all  the  centuries  of  the  past.  The  significance  of  this  century, 
then,  lies  in  its  relations  to  that  which  is  to  follow.  The  prob- 
lem before  the  world  a  century  ago  was  to  complete  the  ex})lora- 
tion,   the  settlement,  peopling,    bringing   under   the  control    of 


20  — 


l(lin<^s  by  the 
and    all    the 
1  of  the  next 
British  gokl 
I  Mauchiester, 
the  order  of 
iiig  [)eopIe  of 
brotherhood 
A.meriean  Al- 
an  assasin's 
rhe  sliocking 
Mrs.  Garfield 
die  workl  ere 
moiiiiiifT^.    It 
:h  are  of  one 
ih  a  sizing  the 

the  millions 
ence  is  dis- 
1  sunburned 
as  and  Man- 
lads  of  their 
ird  that  the 
is  '-kin  be- 
n  have  not 
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and  the  te\- 
Kjssible  this 
economy  of 

im. 
o[)ments  of 
gested,  the 
g  centuries 
d  probably 
ne  than  in 
is  century, 
The  prob- 
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control    of 


eivilizing  agencies,  the  development  of  the  resources,  and  the 
v\fiii«>e(iza.ti()n  of  all  continents,  nati'.jn.n  and  races  of  nianlsind. 
TliJit.  in  general  terms,  has  been  and  is  being  done,  though  not 
complete  in  all  its  details.  There  are  no  more  worlds  to  li"  dis- 
covered; no  more  continents  to  be  explored.  Darkest  Africa  was 
the  last,  and  there  the  work  is  well  in  iiand,  so  that  the  end  is 
easily  visi])le.  Japan  has  bei^n  transformed  into  a  modern  na- 
tion; China  is  being  divided  into  spheres  of  inthu  nee  or  slices 
of  territory  for  the  leadinjj  natiojis  of  the  earth;  only  the  hiijh 
tabh^  lands  ot  Thilx't  yet  remain  to  be  reached  and  transformed, 
and  we  can  now  see  how  that  will  come  to  pass.  In  like  nuinner, 
Christian  evaiii^elization  has  been  carried  to  all  nations  and  nearly 
to  all  tribes,  hamlets  antl  honses;  the  word  of  Cud  is  trJinslated 
into  practically  all  tongui'S.  In  a  word,  the  Nineteenth  Century 
has  done  its  work;  v;e  stand  on  the  threshhohl  of  the  Tvrentieth 
— what  ni^xt?  What  does  the  Nineteenth  mean  in  respect  of  the 
Twentieth? 

The  word  of  God  ])lainly  tells  lis  that  when  certain  things 
jire  aecc)n)[)lished — things  which  the  Nineteenth  Century  has 
done — '"then  shall  the  end  come."  There  is  no  equivocation 
about  it,  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hatli  spoken  it.  The  few 
unfinished  details  will  be  com})leted  long  ere  the  next  century 
terminates,  and  then  shall  come  the  final  crowning  climax  of  all 
the  world's  history.  The  Aryan  race,  which  God  raised  up  for 
the  discovery,  exploration,  civilization  and  evangtdization  of  the 
entire  world,  starting  ont  from  its  eastern  home  long  centuries 
ago  on  its  westward  triumphal  march,  has,  in  our  day,  complete- 
ly encircled  the  glolK\  moving  steadily  forward,  generation  .after 
generation,  and  century  after  century,  westward,  it  has,  in  this 
closing  decade  of  the  Nineteenth  Century,  reached  th(^  point 
whence  it  started,  and  nov/  awaits  the  final  act  in  th(>  world's 
great  drama.  While  capitalists,  syndicates  and  statesmen,  look- 
ing only  at  and  for  earthly  things,  are  cr)ntending  for  con- 
cessions, 8[)heres  of  influence,  open  doors,  for  trade  find  similar 
things,  the  Church  of  God.  with  its  vision  on  things  divine, 
eti-rnal  and  far-reaching,  awaits  the  grand  demjuement. 

It  is  n  significant  event  that  the  nations  of  greatest  and  ever 
increasing  prosperity  and  powt-r  are  Protestant  nations,  while  the 
waning,  declining,  ever- weakening  nations  are  tlKJse  whom  Ko- 
manism    dominates.     The    Papal  church,    by  a  strange  fatality 


30- 


11 


linked  its  I'ortimos  and  destiny  with  the  Latin  races  and  na- 
tions, and  must  accept  their  doom.  During  all  these  centuries, 
however  wild  or  great  the  a[)parent  ccjut'asioM,  God's  one,  eternal, 
unchanging  [)ur[)oBe  has  been  moving  (Mi  steadily,  grandly,  tri- 
umphantly lo  its  glori<jus  culmination,  when  Wm  earth  '"shall  he 
filled  with  t!ie  knowledge  of  the  Lord  as  the  waters  cover  the 
sea,"  and  when  Christ's  "'dominion  slndl  he  tntm  sea  to  sea  and 
from  the  ilver  even  unto  tln^  ends  of  the  earth:''  when  the  '"Lijrd's 
house  shall  be  establishfd  in  the  to[)  of  the  muun  tains,  and  shall 
l)e  exalted  above  the  hill^.  and  all  nations  shall  fh)w  unto  it."' 

And,  therefore,  we  shovdd  ever  bear  in  mind,  as  says  Dr. 
Richard  Salter  Storrs,  the  [)eerl(»ss  American  pulpit  orator,  "'Di- 
vine Providen(.'e  is  v»'orking  in  hist<jry  toward  one  result,  steadily 
steering  toward  one  haven  and  [)ort,  the  tiavth  renewed  in  right- 
eousness and  beautiful  before  God;  and  then  this  dispensation  of 
the  Spirit,  in  which  we  have  our  time  aft;'r  the  resurriwtion." 
That  is  what  all  the  centuries  from  B.uhlehem  and  Calvary 
meant,  and  that  is  what  the  stupendous  problems  and  transcend- 
ent achievements  of  our  own  century  mean.  Like  Moses  on  '"Ne- 
])o*s  lonely  mountain,''  we  may  see  it  in  visi<jn  beyond  our  Jor- 
dan, but  the  promised  land  shall  yet  be  p  jssessefl.  according  to 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  for,  as  Dr.  Sttjrrs  said  again  in  that  mas- 
terly addr;^ss  before  the  recent  International  Congregational 
Council  in  Boston,  "There  is  One  that  sitteth  above  the  circle  of 
the  earth,  and  the  inhai)itants  thereof  are  as  grasshopp.n's:  and 
His  plans  go  forth  soundless  and  silent,  except  as  they  come  into 
operati<jn.  But  they  never  are  bnjken:  |hey  never  are  drawn 
back,  and  the  world  has  to  learn  more  and  more  clearly  every 
century  that  the  banners  of  God  are  those  that  never  go  down 
in  any  struggle;  and  that  whosoever  v,*alks  and  works  v»'ith  God 
is  sure  of  the  triumph,'' 


But  some  one  says-  "Br  jth«?r  Hi])bard.  have  you  not  a  vvord 
of  admoiution  and  encouragenuuit  on  this  occasion  for  this  little 
Abbott's  Corner  church  as  it  starts  «;ut  on  its  seccjud  century  of 
life  aiul  struggles?"'  '"Yes,  brethren,  I  have,  and  I  have  jour- 
neved  one  thousand  miles  to  tleliver  it. 

First — You    have    surviveil    the    one    hundred    years.     Manv 

•ir  r;  les  established  a  hundred  years  ago  are  dt^ad.    Most  of  them 

%\   iv^  I  )unded  from  good  moliv«'s,  but  God  did  not  call  for  them. 


■i 


in  — 


ues    and  na- 

se  (!<Mituries, 

ono,  oterua], 

•ijraiullv,  tri- 

th  "shall   be 

rs  cover  the 

'a  to  sen  and 

the  '-Lcjrd's 

us,  and  shall 

unto  it.*' 

as  says   Dr. 

;  orator,  *'Di- 

snlt,  steadily 

,'ed  in  right- 

pensation  of 

'snrroction." 

viul  Calvary 

il  transeend- 

)ses  on  "Ne- 

)n<l  our  Jor- 

iceording  to 

u  that  mas- 

^regational 

ho  circle  of 

ppn's:  and 

V  come  into 

are  drawn 

(S'lrly  every 

't>r  go  down 

with  God 


not  a  vvord 

)r  this  little 

century  of 

have  jour- 

irs.  Many 
ost  of  them 
I  for  them. 


I 


Some  clnirclu's  W(re  planted  in  rank  sectarianism,  and  they  dit-d: 
thev  de.served  to  die.  Others  originated  in  a  mistaken, 
mi.-:;guided  zeal,  and  they  are  also  dead.  The  New  Testa- 
ment says:  "Every  plant  which  my  heavenly  Father  hath  not 
phuited  shall  be  rooted  up."  You  have  not  been  rooted  up;  yon 
were  of  (rod's  own  [>lanting.  One  of  the  saddest  maps  I  ever 
saw  was  one  showing  the  hjcation,  names  and  number  of  deid 
Ba[)tist  churches  in  the  State  of  Vermont,  but  the  Abbott's  Cor- 
ner was  not  on  that  map,  and  so  God  has  engraven  over  your 
doorway,  ''Fear  not,  little  flock,  it  is  your  Father's  pleasure  to 
give  you  the  kingdom."  God  has  and  does  perpetuate  ycjur 
church  life  because  it  means  souuthing  to  Hini.  The  fig  tree 
that  stands  not  for  fruitage  is  cut  down.  There  must  be  fruit  or 
the  tree  will  [lerish; — you  have  not  perished. 

Second — You  have  done  somethint;  worthy  of  yourself  and 
your  o[)[)ortunities.  God  knows  your  gifts,  your  ability,  and  the 
[»r(jductivenes3  of  your  field.  You  have  had,  all  told,  about  500 
meud)ers  during  the  hundred  years,  at  the  average  rate  of  five 
additions  a  year.  I  recently  read  of  a  Inrge,  wealthy,  influential 
city  church,  with  a  large  salaried  pastor,  a  paid  choir  and  all  the 
accompaniments  of  such  a  church,  which  reported  but  one 
added  to  its  membership  by  conversion  last  year,  and  the  ndigious 
[ia[iers  are  asking,  does  it  pay?"  During  these  hundr<?d  years 
this  little  Abbott's  Corner  church  has  added,  we  trust,  five  hun- 
dred names  to  the  Lamb's  Book  of  Life;  five  hundred  stars  to  the 
crown  of  Jesus'  rejoicing,  and  five  hundred  divinely  attuned 
voices  to  the  heavenly  choir.  You  have  sent  ten  men  into  the 
gos[)el  ministry,  one  out  of  every  fifty,  and  that  is  a  large  pro- 
[)ortion,  one  which  most  churches  do  not  equal.  None  of 
theae  men,  so  far  as  I  ever  knew,  claimed  to  be  great  men,  but 
they  have  done  sonu'thing.  Some  thirty  years  ago  I  baptized 
one  Sunday  two  ordinary  young  men;  both  became  ministers,  and 
are  in  the  ministry  today,  and  one  told  me  a  f«'W  weeks  ago 
he  had  baj)tised  over  eleven  hundred  converts.  I  taught  school 
out  on  "Coniac  slreet"  in  1852-03,  and  my  uncle  Charles  Hib- 
bard  wrote  me  from  Burma  to  do  my  best,  as  I  did  not  know 
what  my  pu[)ils  might  become.  Pastor  W.  G.  Scofield  of  Rich- 
ford  was  one  of  those  pupils,  as  full  of  life  and  mischief  then  as 
he  is  of  grace  and  good  works  now;  the  life  and  mischeif  of  his 
boyhood  was  the  promise  and  prophecy  of  the  Christian  life  and 


1  r 
J  t 


I  1 


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Hervite  oi  his  liiieTied  manhood,  and  he  grows  better  every  year. 

Then  this  chureh  has  given  B[)irilnal  l)irth  and  training  to 
some  noble  men.  who  have  served  here  and  elsevrhere  as  God's 
laymen-  -[)i!larrt  in  the  churches  wh.ere  they  live.  Their  nanu'S 
are  not  on  your  list  today,  though  (t(kI  knows  them  well,  but  they 
were  c(jnvi'rted  here,  and  when  God  '•mnk^^th  up  his  jewels'"  he 
will  say  of  this  and  that  one,  "He  was  l)eg(j(ten  in  Christ  unto 
God  in  Abbott's  Corner  church."  Thev  stand  li)  voiir  credit:  no 
one  can  measure  tlie  good  they  have  done  as  your  children.  Be- 
sides, there  have  been  nobh?  women  not  a  Hvw.  They  have  not 
been  i)ul)lic  speakers,  mn-  wrib'rs  for  tlu'  }>ress,  nor  yet  leaders  of 
1em[H>rance,  or  sidfrage  or  other  crusades,  but  they  were  women 
of  sterling  moral  worth,  of  gr»'at,  g<jod  common  sense,  and  sanc- 
tiiitnl  Christian  lives.  This  has  been  a  clean,  pure  church.  I 
have  read  ciirefully  every  writleii  w<jrd  of  ils  records,  and  scan- 
dals and  quarrels  are  not  there.  I  re[>eat,  it  has  ])e(m  a  clean, 
untaintetl  church,  which  God  has  guarded  as  the  a[)ple  of  his 
eve. 

But  beyond  all  this,  the  church  has  stood  here  a  hundred 
years,  and  let  its  light  shine  out  in  all  directions  for  nnles 
around,  lifting  u[)  th(»  public  tone  of  this  community,  enobling 
men's  lives,  securing  better  homes,  inspiring  higlnu'  social  and 
political  ideals.  The  stantlard  of  lif(>  and  character  of  this 
church  was  high — it  was  decidedly  Puritanic,  as  the  records  show 
This  church  has  htdped  to  give  Abbott's  Corner  and  vicinity  its 
high  type  of  Christian  civilization, 

1  am  sometimes  told  there  are  lots  of  g<jod  men  outside  tlu; 
churches.  Of  course  there  are — a  ju'oof  of  the  vital  power  of 
the  church  its(df.  You  can't  have  results  without  causes.  If 
tyi)h(iid  fever  breaks  out.  your  skilled  physician  knows  there  is  a 
[)olluted,  poisoned  well  s<imewhere.  Good  men  are  nuide  such 
bv  ii'ood  ciiuses.  and  a  Christian  civilization  is  createtl  and  sus- 
tained  by  Chrisiiau  forces.  I  do  not  remember  to  have  ever 
heard  any  profanity  or  seen  an  intoxicated  person  at  Abb(jtt's 
Corner.  You  don't  have  saloons,  Sunday  horse  races.  Sunday 
bnseball  games  and  kindred  vices,  because  these  Christi.m 
churches  duriiig  tlie  last  hundred  years  have  created  a  })ublic 
moral  tone  and  sentiment  which  wdll  not  allow  them.  I  remem- 
ber the  experinu'ut  was  tried  once  in  or  near  Frelighsburg,  when 
George  Ayer.  Horace  and  Harlow  Clnuidler,  Rodman  Whitman, 


—33— 


er  ovin-y  year. 
11(1  trauiHig  lo 
hero  (IS  God's 

Their  iiaineK 
well,  but  they 
lis  jewels"  he 
a  Christ  unto 
Diir  credit;  no 
hihlreu.  Be- 
'hey  have  not 
yet  leacU^rs  (jf 
,'  were  women 
use.  and  sanc- 
•<;  church,  I 
■ds,  and  scan- 
been  a  clean, 

apple   of  his 

re  n  hundred 
US  for  miles 
iiV-  enoblinir 
u"  social  and 
cter  of  this 
ecords  show 
|tl  vicinity  its 

outside  tlu) 

ral  [);)\ver  of 

eaus(,^s.     If 

[vs  there  is  a 

nuide  such 

\n[  and  sus- 

have  ever 

|at  Abbott's 

;es.  Sunday 

Christian 

led  a  pul)lic 

1  re  mem - 

Iburg,  when 

I  Whitman, 


Chauncey  Abbott,  Johnson  Hibbard,  Casper  Miner,  Dea  Janes, 
and  I  know  not  how  many  others,  joined  with  my  father  in  sol- 
emn protest  against  it,  and  it  was  abandoned.  The  word  of  God 
says  it  is  the  "holy  seed,"  not  your  rich  men,  or  your  successful 
business  men,  or  your  smart  politicians  that  create  and  preserve 
the  moral  tone  of  the  community,  Nay,  but  the  "holy  seed 
shall  be  the  substance  thereof."  What  keeps  the  pork  in  your 
barrel  month  after  month  ?  The  breed  of  the  pig,  because  he 
was  a  White  Suffolk,  or  Berkshire,  or  Poland  China? — or  be- 
cause the  barrel  is  made  of  ash  or  oak  or  hickory  ?  Nay,  nay, 
but  the  salt.  If  that  be  good,  and  enough  of  it,  the  pork  will 
keep  irrespective  of  the  breed  or  barrel  timber.  Hence  Christ 
said  of  Christian  people,  "Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth."  These 
Christian  churches  have  been  the  moral  salt  of  this  community 
for  a  hundred  years;  may  they  abide  a  century  more. 

Third, — Your  Duty  to  Live.  Eighteen  years  ago  I  s[x>ke  to 
you  of  the  value  of  country  towns  and  country  churches  to  the 
world,  and  showed  you  how  the  men  who  make  the  history  of 
each  generation  come  from  country  homes  as  a  rule;  that  these 
country  homes,  country  towns  and  country  churches  are  the 
birth-places  and  nurseries,  in  the  great  majority  of  cases,  of  the 
world's  great  men.  I  have  given  the  matter  much  attention  since 
that  former  celebration  in  1881,  and  the  importance  and  truth- 
fulness of  the  position  then  taken  has  become  more  clear  and 
cogent  every  year.  I  have  called  your  attention  briefly  today  to 
the  decline  of  the  country  towns,  the  country  churches  and  the 
country  homes,  and  the  massing  of  the  people  in  cities.  Mar- 
shall Field  and  Philip  D.  Armour,  millionaires  in  Chicago;  John 
D.  Rockefeller,  America's  (perhaps  the  world's)  richest  man: 
Joseph  Cook,  the  great  lecturer;  Thomas  Baldwin  and  Adoniram 
J.  Gordon,  the  peerless  Baptist  preachers  of  Boston — were  all 
born  and  bred  in  country  homes,  in  country  towns,  and  had  their 
early  moral  training  and  religious  life  in  country  churches.  I 
might  mention  scores  and  hundreds  of  others  like  them  in  these 
respects.  Now,  if  the  country  homes  and  towns  and  churches 
perish  from  off  the  earth,  where  will  the  great,  strong,  successful 
and  wise  leaders  come  from  ?  Pessimists  tell  us  there  are  no  such 
men  in  our  public  life  today  as  were  Webster,  and  Clay,  and 
Calhoun,  and  Seward,  and  Sumner,  and  Chase  and  Lincoln.  Are 
the  fountains  drying  up?     The  same  is  true  of  the  British  Par- 


—  34- 


.1  ( 


linment.  These  men  were  those  who,  as  the  brillinnt  historinii, 
John  Lothrop  Motley,  said,  "discovered  that  the  great  intellec- 
tual law  prescribed  by  the  Creator  is  the  science  of  history.  To 
induce  mankind  to  conform  to  that  law  is  the  science  of  polities." 
No  distribution  of  offices  as  party  s[)oiIs  and  consequent  corrup- 
tion of  the  public  conscience  in  that.  Oliver  Goldsmith  wrote 
some  things  the  world  will  not  let  die.  Here  are  half  a  dozen 
lines: 

"III  fares  the  land  to  hastening  ills  a  prey, 
Where  wealth  accumulates  and  men  decay. 
Princes  and  lords  may  l!(iurisli,  or  fade, 
A  breath  can  make  them,  as  a  breath  hath  made; 
Hut  a  bold  peasantry,  their  country's  pride. 
When  once  destroyed  can  never  be  supplied." 

The  massing  of  populations  in  large  cities  removes  the  "bold 
peasantry"  from  the  country  farms,  towns  and  churches — those 
birth  and  training  places  of  the  young  men  and  women  whom 
the  world  must  have.  As  these  country  farms  supply  bread  and 
food  for  the  cities,  so  they  furnish  the  young  men  to  build  and 
perpetuate  the  business  and  the  church  life  of  these  cities. 
When  God  wants  men  for  great  deeds,  for  bold,  heroic  services, 
where  does  he  go  for  them?  When  the  time  came  to  begin  in 
earnest  the  systematic  work  of  exploration,  evangelization  and 
redemption  of  South  Africa;  did  he  go  to  great  cities  of  B^din- 
burg,  or  Glasgow  or  to  the  Universities  ?  Nay,  he  went  to  a  busy 
woolen  mill  where,  in  its  heated,  stifling  atmosphere  was  a  poor 
country  lad  who  entered  that  mill  when  only  ten  years  old,  work- 
ing for  a  few  shillings  a  week,  and  laying  his  hand  on  him  said: 
"David  Livingstone,  to  Africa." 

Ah,  my  brethren,  if  the  little  Bethlehems  and  Nazareths 
perish  from  off  the  earth,  where  will  the  world  look  for  its 
Christs  and  Redeemers  ?  Abbot's  Corner  is  one  of  these  little 
Bethlehems  and  Nazareths;  it  must  not  perish  !  Hence,  your 
duty  to  live — "Quit  you  like  men."  This,  brethren,  is  my  mes- 
sage to  you  to-day.  Farewell.  May  the  God  who  inspired, 
guided  and  kept  the  fathers,  be  your  God  for  the  next  hundred 
years. 


—  35  — 


nnt  historinii, 
^reat  intt'llec- 

history.  To 
e  of  |)f)litic8." 
quent  corrup- 
Idsmith  v.rotf 

half  a  dozen 


>ve8  the  "bold 

urches — those 

women  whom 

ply  bread  and 

I  to  build  and 

these  cities. 

eroic  services, 

e  to  begin  in 

felization  and 

ties  of  Edin- 

A'ent  to  a  busy 

e  was  a  poor 

ars  old,  work- 

on  him  said: 

id  Nazareths 
look  for  its 
)f  these  little 
Hence,  your 
,  is  my  mes- 

I'ho  inspired, 
lext  hundred 


ORDER  OF  SERVICES. 

The  day  dawn«Hl  all  that  couhl  be  desired  for  an  early  autumn 
day.  and  at  10:(IO  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  large  assembly  was  called  to 
order  by  the  venerable  pastor.  Rev.  Arnold,  L.  Arms,  and  Rev. 
W,  (t.  Scotield.  of  Richford,  Vt.,  made  chairman  of  the  day. 
"Praise  God  From  Whom  All  Blessings  Flow"  was  sung  with 
vigor  and  deep  tVeling  by  a  well-trained  choir,  led  by  Student 
Pastor  Baker,  who  also  presided  at  the  organ.  My  old  Fairfax 
(•lassmate.  ISdl,  Rev.  Joseph  (jr.  L(jrimer  of  G»^rgia,  Vt.,  offered 
an  excellent  prayer.  Student  Pastor  A.  G.  Baker  delivered  a 
timely 

Address  of  Welcome. 

You  need  no  formal  address  to  make  you  feel  at  home  here 
today.  Man}'  come  back  to  the  home  of  your  childhocjd,  where 
you  will  see  many  a  familiar  face  and  greet  many  a  familiar 
friend  of  earlier  years.  This  old  church  is  not  a  stranger  to  you; 
it  may  bear  the  marks  of  time,  but  it  has  done  its  work,  though 
many  of  its  sons  and  daughters  have  wandered  the  wide  world 
(>v»'r.  Its  doors  are  thrown  wide  open,  and  we  bid  you  enter.  Sit 
again  in  the  old  family  pew  and  live  over  again  in  your  hearts  the 
happy  scenes  of  the  past.  We  welcome  you,  therefore,  to  your 
old  church  home  and  the  church  home  of  your  fathers. 

You  have  come  from  Freleighsburg,  and  Franklin,  and  Berk- 
shire, and  Bakersfield,  and  St.  Albans,  and  Georgia,  and  from  all 
this  community  round  about  us,  as  well  as  from  Montreal,  and 
Bo.ston,  and  New  York,  and  Chicago,  and  Minneapolis.  We  wel- 
come you  also  to  our  homes,  and  best  of  all,  to  our  hearts.  We 
are  all  one,  and  belong  to  the  same  great  family  of  God,  and  all 
rejoice  with  this  old  church  celebrating  its  hundredth  birthday. 

We  must  today  also  do  honor  to  the  memory  of  the  men  and 
the  women  who  wer^i  loyal  to  God,  through  prosperity  and  adver- 
sity alike.  We  all  admire  their  sturdy  Christian  characters  and 
lives,  and  will  scik  to  imitate  their  noble  conduct  that  we,  too, 
may  be  worthy  of  imitation  by  those  who  shall  follow  us,  for  what 
better  legacy  can  we  leave  our  successors  ?  In  our  reunion  today 
we  see  another  evidence  of  God's  preserving  care.  A  hundred 
years  ago  God  planted  a  little  church  in  this  community;  it  had 


30 


at  the  outset  only  seven  members.  The  little  grain  of  mustard 
seed  began  to  grow  and  throw  out  branches  and,  notwithstanding 
losses  by  death,  removal,  etc.,  it  is  alive  and  vigorous  today,  and 
is  growing  yet.  God  does  ^)re8e^^'e  his  church,  and  he  does  work 
through  it.  The  greater  the  difficulty  encountered  the  greater 
the  blessing  received,  and  today  this  church  is  a  living  monu- 
ment of  the  power  and  preserving  care  of  our  covenant  keeping 
God. 

Today  our  prayer  is,  that  your  meeting  with  us  may  stimilate 
to  greater  devotion  and  zeal  as  we  enter  upon  the  second  century 
of  this  church's  history;  that  the  second  may  be  better  than  the 
first  century,  and  far  more  abundant  in  fruitfulness.  Again,  on 
behalf  of  this  church  and  community,  I  extend  to  you  all  our 
honest,  hearty.  Christian  greeting  and  welcome. 

Rev.  W.  G.  Scofield  made  a  brief  response;  rejoiced  in  the 
"student  pastor,"  and  the  prosperity  of  the  church.  This  day  has 
been  talked  of,  planned  for  and  prayed  over  these  many  months. 
Eigteen  years  ago  our  motto  was  "Hitherto  the  Lord  hath  helped 
us,"  and  it  is  our  motto  still. 

The  choir  sang  with  expression  "I  Love  Thy  Kingdom,  Lord," 
and  Rev.  W.  G.  Scofield  read  Pastor  Arms'  historical  discourse, 
after  which  Student  Pastor  A.  G.  Baker  read  the  supplementary 
history  from  1881  to  date.  Lewis  B.  Hibbard  of  Highland  Park, 
Illinois,  a  suburb  of  Chicago,  then  delivered  the  Centennial 
Discourse,  and,  notwithstanding  its  length,  the  large  audience,  to 
their  honor  be  it  said,  listened  attentively  to  the  end,  though 
many  were  standing  in  the  aisles  and  vestibule.  The  choir  sang 
"How  Firm  a  Foundation;"  Rev.  Whitman  Hibbard  Stanley 
pronounced  the  benediction,  and  the  people  adjourned  for  dinner. 


Afternoon. 

The  congregation  re-assembled  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  larger  if 
possible  than  in  the  forenoon,  opening  with  an  admirable,  delight- 
ful Praise  Service,  led  by  Rev,  J.  W.  Humphrey,  pastor  of  the 
Methodist  churches  in  Frelighsburg  and  Abbotts  Corner.     Ex- 


!i 


37 


1  of  niUBtnnl 
witliBtniiding 
lis  today,  nnd 
he  docs  work 
d  the  greater 
living  uionu- 
nant  keeping 

tuny  stimilnte 
cond  century 
tter  than  the 
1.  Again,  on 
you  all  our 

joiced  in  the 
This  day  has 
aany  months. 
I  hath  helped 

^dom,  Lord," 

al  discourse, 

pplementary 

ghland  Park, 

Centennial 

audience,  to 

end,  though 

e  choir  sang 

jard  Stanley 

d  for  dinner. 


Vf.,  larger  if 
ble,  delight - 
astor  of  the 
Ex- 


'orner. 


tracts   from  letters  of  former  [wistors  and  members  were   read. 
[Kjrtions  of  which  are  herewith  given: 

Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  August  27th,  IHW). 
Friends  at  Abbotts  Corner  : 

I  pen  a  few  thoughts  suggested  by  the  Centemiial,  regretting 
that  University  duties  preclude  my  presence.  Ninety -eight  years 
ago  my  father's  grandfather,  Jedediah  Hibbard,  was  installed  as 
pastor  of  the  Abbotts  Corner  Baptist  Church.  It  was  there  that 
my  father,  Charles  Hibbard,  began  his  Christian  life  of  useful- 
ness as  missionary  in  India  and  pastor  in  Vermont.  At  yonder 
green  place  of  peace,  guarded  by  the  lofty  Pinnacle  pile,  reposes 
his  earthly  temple  until  the  day  of  rising,  where  also  do  other 
loved  ones.  Memories  are  dear  when  you  and  I  revisit  the  con- 
secrated spot.  Is  it  any  wonder  then,  that  Abbotts  Cf)rner  sees, 
gathered  from  far  and  near,  the  many  whose  past  can  tell  like,  yet 
ditferent  tales,  and  that  its  surroundings  and  scenes  and  church 
are  the  mecca  of  many  a  remembrance  as  the  years  roll  on  ? 

Another  thought  comes  to  the  country-bred,  who  have  settled 
in  the  larger  centers  of  ix)pulation;  the  thought  of  country  influ- 
ence in  molding  and  directing  national  affairs.  The  sober  student 
of  society;  reflecting  upon  the  moving  powers  in  business  and 
professional  life,  is  forced  to  concede  to  the  villages  a  power  out 
of  all  proportion  to  their  size. 

One  has  but  to  look  about  the  circle  of  his  city  acquaintances, 
and  to  read  not  carelessly  the  names  in  the  daily  and  periodical 
literature  in  order  to  recognize  the  influence  of  men  who  once 
were  boys  of  the  farm  and  village.  Parents  who  are  rearing  their 
children  amidst  city  difliculties  realize  with  anxious  care  that  their 
surroundings  are  not  conducive  to  a  vigorous,  sturdy  independ- 
ent, innocent  childhood  and  youth.  As  I  remember  my  father's 
belief  that  missionaries  in  India  must  send  their  children  home 
to  be  brought  up,  so  the  city  father  wishes  that,  for  his  children's 
sake,  he  were  living  in  the  country.  Happy  is  the  boy  and  girl 
whose  life  is  made  up  of  brooks  and  trees,  meadow  and  garden, 
farm  and  household  duties,  with  mates  who,  like  himself  are  liv- 
ing and  growing  as  God  meant  for  youth. 

After  the  foundation,  comes  the  structure;  after  the  prepara- 
tion, the  achievements.  It  is  often  said  that  the  city  takes  the 
best  from  the  country;  at  least  is  it  true  that  the  city  offers  the 
larger  opportunity  for  wide  success.     But  the  opportunity  is  solely 


88- 


:ii 


f(jr  tilt'  nmu  who  is  most  completely  j)rH[)are(l  by  nature  and  by 
self.  The  intense  ooni[)etition  of  city  life  will  make  the  man  of 
little  above  average  ability — a  failure.  There  are  vastly  more 
laborers  than  contractors;  more  clerks  than  merchants:  more 
pettifoggers  than  statesmcni.  If  there  are  boys  to  hear  this  word, 
who  have  it  in  mind  to  go  to  the  city,  let  me  urge  you  not  to  do 
so  unless  you  feel  within  you  an  uncotHjuevable  persistence,  a 
fadeless  enthusiasm,  a  boundless  energy,  that  can  com[)el  success 
out  of  delayed  advancv'ment;  that  can  beat  down  unfair  op^xjsi- 
tion.  that  can  wring  recognition  frojn  envious  com[)etitors.  An  1 
to  thene  (juidities,  if  you  are  perfectly  sure  that  you  have  them, 
add  the  best  education  whieh  you  can  get.  Of  village  scho  )1  V 
Oh,  no — nion*  than  that.  Have  yon  the  money  with  which  to  get 
an  educati<->n  '?  Many  and  ni;ni\  a  young  man  has  gone  to  school 
on  his  own  resour/es;  my  o.vn  father,  f  om  tie  Pi  ni-le  farm, 
among  them.  And  yot,  a  boy  coui[)  •  1 'd  to  work  during  his 
school  coarse  too  hard,  t(i  sui)port  himself,  loses  much.  Par  nts, 
have  you  a  b  yy  or  girl  who  longs  for  an  education  with  an  int-  ne 
ity  wlii'.rh  shtr.ild  iqipeal  to  you  j*  Let  him  not  go  unheeded.  D  s 
not  value  your  adding  laiuls  and  growing  bank  account  beyond 
your  Son's  future  success  in  his  [lursuit.  Make  sacrilices  and 
emlure  [)rivations  even  to  give  him  the  start.  I  say.  tli<'n,  let 
country  youth  be  joined  with  fullest  preparation,  and  the  world 
offers  its  highest  rewards. 

It  is  not  alone  through  the  boys  it  has  sent  to  the  city  that 
the  country  iutiuonces  national  affairs.  Todav  the  ijreat  force  of 
conservatism  rests  in  tiie  farming  couiuiunitii>s.  Occasionally 
they  are  h>d  astray  by  shallow  and  transient  crazes,  perhaps  more 
in  the  West;  but,  on  the  w'hole,  the  nation  is  safer  because  of  the 
common  sense.  intelligen<*e  and  unswerving  uprightness  which 
are  conspicuously  attributes  of  country  life. 

Let  it  be  one  feeling,  then,  of  those  who  are  assembled  at  the 
Centennial  of  a  ci>untry  c-hurch;  that  hearts  be  thankful  for  a  jiure 
cliildhv)od;  grateful  for  physical,  mentid  and  moral  preparation 
for  life  work;  and.  while  rem.Mub.'ring  that  tlu'  cities*  and 
nation's  greU'>st  in-.ui  were  oftenest  c>)nntry  bred,  let  us  be 
a[)[)reciative  yet  tjf  the  b:dan.*i'-wheel  influence  still  emanating 
from  thos-,'  wlios  >  lives  are  always  to  be  •.-ountrv.  the  controlling 

V  ft  rr* 

or  regulating  [lower  which,  through  (rod's  help,  keeps  the  land  in 
peace.  il.  Wade  Hibuard. 


— -U)-.- 


lature  and  by 
ke  the  man  of 

vastly  more 
bants:  more 
jar  this  word, 
'ou  not  to  do 
persistence,  a 
)m[»el  suecess 
tnfair  o[)[)(5si- 
I'titors.  An  1 
11  have  Ihem. 
\h\^e  scho  )l  Y 

which  to  iret 
one  t(j  school 

n  i'de  farm, 
:  during  his 
:h.  Par  nts, 
ith  an  int-  ne 
heeded.  D  -• 
ount  beyond 
iicriiices   and 

av.  tht'n.  h^t 

I  the  W(3rUl 

he  city  that 

r-.'at  force  of 

)ccasionallv 

'rhaps  more 

a  line  of  the 

ness   which 

ibled  at  the 
id  for  a  })ure 
preparation 
cities'  and 
let  us  be 
emanating 
controlling 
the  land  in 

IBHARI). 


Fleshgrtox.  Aug.  :}Oth.  lsl»0. 
Dear  BREniiJEX  and  Sisters  : 

It  is  with  joy  that  I  congratulate  you  o>i  this,  your  ha;i  Ir  >dth 
anniversary.  I  congratulate  myself  also  thit  I  have  had  the 
honor  of  serving  a  church  so  venerable.  Pleasant  memories 
crowd  my  heart  as  I  recall  the  two  happy  summers  spent  in  your 
midst.  The  kiml  rece[)tion  and  entertainment  received  in  y<nir 
respective  homes,  and  your  patient  and  respectful  hearing  on 
Lord's  Day  are  yet  fragrant  in  my  mind.  I  am  sure  I  wish  you, 
as  a  church,  for  days  to  come,  peace  and  prosperity  and  the  bless- 
ing of  the  Lord.  As  thy  days  so  may  thy  strength  be.  May 
vou  renew  your  vouth  as  the  eagles,  and  at  a  hundred  years  be 
like  a  young  man  ready  to  run  a  race.  May  the  lij'ht  at  Abbotts 
Corner  n.'ver  g(j  out  till  the  Light  of  Heaven  himself  comes.  It 
is  a  gracious  privilegt?  to  be  the  salt  of  a  neighborln^od  for  a  hun- 
dred years,  to  sweeten  its  life,  to  preserve  it  from  corruption  and 
make  it  a  healthful  and  pleasing  place  in  which  to  live.  May  the 
salt  of  this  church  nev(r  lose  its  Saviour. 

Dear  brethren,  remember  that  our  Savior  said:  '"As  my 
Father  hath  sent  me  into  the  world,  even  so  send  I  yc^u  into  the 
W(_)rld."  You  are  charged  with  the  same  mission  as  Christ.  "I 
am  the  light  of  the  world."'  "I  am  not  of  this  world."  ''Ye  are 
not  of  this  world."  "He  that  receiveth  you  receiveth  me,  and  he 
that  receiveth  me,  receiveth  Him  that  sent  me."  God  is  light, 
and  God  is  love;  ye  being  made  partakers  of  the  Divine  nature 
are  light  and  live  in  the  Lord.       Yours,  A.  J.  Darrock. 


Kenmore,  Ont.,  Aug.  8th,  IHW. 
Dear  Brethren: 

It  is  with  peculiar  interest,  and  feelings  of  mingled  gladness 
and  sadness  that  I  remember  the  Abbotts  Corner  Ba[)tist  Church, 
and  the  few  months  I  spent  in  its  fellowshij)  and  service,  eleven 
yejirs  ago,  summer  of  INSS.  I  feel  glad  of  the  acquaintance  and 
connection  I  have  had  with  a  church  having  so  a)icient  and  hon- 
orable a  history.  I  thank  my  God  upon  everv  remeud)rance  of 
its  worthy  Pastor  Arms,  and  many  of  its  mendiers  I  ficl  sad 
when  I  think  of  the  dear  old  ciiurch  being  enfeebled  by  the 
removal  of  so  many  of  its  members — some  to  other  earthly  scenes, 
and  some  to  the  eternal  world.  I  [)ray  that  the  golden  candle- 
stick may  not  be  removed,  but  that  it  may  remain  as  a  light  that 


'    !l  :l»l 


..II , 


liililf!!  ' 


11  i}^] 


!Mi 


1.'  ^ 


li    i 

I'l 


^^p.-. 
'•  --*. 


^ 


—  40- 


fihineth  in  a  dark  place  niitil  the  day  dawns,  until  the  Savior 
shall  appear.  I  pray  also  that  the  Centennial  celebration  may  be 
a  blessed  occasion;  and  that  it  may  mark  the  beginning  of  a  new 
period  of  holy  usefulness.  Yours  sincerely, 

J.  R.  Jackson. 


Ceompton,  R.  I.,  Aug.  yth,  1809. 
M¥  Dear  Brethren: 

So  your  anniversary-  at  Abbotts  Corner  is  going  to  be  cele- 
brated in  reality  !  How  I  should  enjoy  being  with  you.  For 
perhaps  no  other  as  well  as  myself  could  say  Amen  to  all  the  good 
things  which  are  said  about  the  folks  of  Abbott's  Corner  and  a 
radius  including  the  Berkshires  and  East  Franklin;  and  I'm  sure 
no  one  ever  appreciated  quite  as  heartily  as  I  did  their  hos- 
pitality, their  liberal  gifts,  their  words  of  cheer  and  their  sym- 
pathetic prayers. 

I  shall  ever  remember  my  three  summers  at  the  Corner  as 
endless  days.  When,  without  any  friction  whatever,  Baptists, 
Methodists,  Episcopalians,  Unitarians  and  Atheists  united  in 
worship  of  Almighty  God. 

Had  I  time  to  go  to  the  celebration  of  the  dear  old  church's 
struggles  and  victories  and  shake  hands  with  you  all  and  look  in 
the  eyes  of  those  I  love;  could  I  let  my  heart  speak  to  your 
hearts  in  prayer  and  testimonial  meetings;  could  we  once  more 
gather  around  the  baptismal  waters;  could  we  kneel  together 
a  little  while  in  prayer  and  let  our  souls  speak  with  God,  and 
mingle  in  each  other's  joys  and  sorrows. 

My  experience  at  Abbotts  Corner,  though  brief,  was  unique. 
It  gave  me,  as  nothing  else  ever  could,  glimpses  of  Heavan 
through  gr'^en  graves.     May  the  dear  Lord  bless  you  all, 

York.  A.  King. 


R<iV.  W.  G.  Sct^field,  father  of  the  author,  read  tlie  following 

^    CENTENNIAL  POEM    ^ 


BY  MRS.  BERTHA  SCOFIELD-MASSE. 


Men  of  this  Ki^nenition  ! 
Dwellers  in  this  fair  land  ! 
Know  that  yonr  fathers  have  l)nil(led 
A  structure  not  made  l}y  hands. 


—  41 


until  the  Savior 
-'lebratioii  may  be 
ginning  of  a  new 

.  R.  Jackson. 

ig.  yth,  1891). 

oing  to  be  celo- 
with  yon.  For 
EN  to  all  the  good 
tt's  Corner  and  a 
in ;  and  I'm  sure 
[  did  their  hos- 
and  their  sym- 

it  the  Corner  as 
itever,  Baptists, 
leists   united    in 

-^ar  old  church's 
all  and  look  in 

t  speak  to  your 
we  once   more 

kneel   together 

i  with  God,  and 

ef,  was  unique. 
ses   of   Heavan 
yon  all, 
K.  A.  Kino. 

d  the  following 

at 


[tiRAND  LlU.NE.  Ql 
Al'G,  20.  1800. 

This 


E.. 


iMrnin/ckwo.H  it.s  fotinrJation, 
'Notyit'kliiitrsaiidv  j,!:,!,, 

;Tim-Hocu!.sa,ui..vi,ul,sc-o'ns,;ia.,Itc, 
O  t-rtlin-M- it   'luasin  vain. 

Its  form  hath  rit^tii  luitv 
And  fU-.Md  f(,r  a  hundred  vc-ar-i  ' 
|eari„f,thevv„r!d-.ste,.„>tatH.ns, 
iH'aniiR-  i!s  in.-iny  fears. 

Itsn,on-butnsn.all.w<akI^-u,dfnl. 
Hilt  brav<.„fi,earttlH.iijrh  few 

Have  stu.Hl  lor  the -rand  ..I.UruspH 
And  patient  liuv<.-  bc-en,  aiul  true. 

And  wlien  has  fallen  a  leader, 
A  Moses  from  ,,ut  the  liaiid 

I  iH.-n.onrnins  in  deep  dejection, 
»i-'t    LP.  and  possess  the  lan.l '•• 
lias  ever  l>een  the  watch  word: 

<>'".    Thou«:h  the  xvayb;.  dark; 
i  instill  the  L<,rd  Jehovah 

And  press  toward  the  mark. 

AfewwiththeLordaren.i-htv. 
"ithoiJtlJiMiahostisweak       " 
I|cstronn:a,idofgo..dcoura.ret 
His  f,MiidinH:  presence  see': 

<Jl'serve  to  keep  ills  counsels 

^tndvthronKh  all  thy, lavs 

Jjou-toseeklirstHisriKhteousness 
HowtosJiosv  forth  His  praise. 

Hispro/iiise  is  unfailinj.:, 
'f  ye  your  part  fuUill 

Jn  the  pa.st  He  hath  sustained  you 
<'Oon  to  do  His  will. 

TlK'n,  shall  your  way  be  prosperous. 
«.  church  of  an  hundred  vears ' 
>  our  (iod.s  great  and  niiuhty; 
l"ress  on.  yield  not  to  fears. 
And  wh.en  another  cent  i^y 
>Shall  have  rolled  its  train  of  ve.-.rs 

^re,«hte<l  with  human  lives  and  loves 
Hc-yond  earth's  smdes  and  tears; 

«till  shall  the  light  be  shiniuR 
steady  and  pure  and  true, 
Hecause  you  did  your  duty 
Vnu.  ofthefaitlifid  few. 

And  wlu-n  round  U,s  throne  siudl  gather 
<'(•<!•«  faithful  under  the  sun 

i;;;;;';';"^^'"^;'^'"^'""'!  at  His  right  hand 

*vithlifecverla.sting  won. 


was     followed    by    brief    speeches    by 


the     full. 


MVlUiT 


12 


ill! 


il  I 


^ 


jfcrsoiis  ill  tlK' order  givt'ii,  each  Bpcakin'  h^-iiig  calk'd  out  lu  a 
wry  fVlicitor.H  maimer  by  Rev.  W.  (t.  Srofield,  the  [>ri'sideiit  of 
the  (hiy. 

Rev.  Edwin  Prciity.  of  East  Franklin.  Vermont,  facetiously 
expressed  his  (ielight  in  l)eing  !imon<.^  so  many  good  "' hard-shell*' 
IJaptists,  He  sj)oke  of  that  revival  in  the  old  storio  schocjl-housi' 
on  Whitney  hill,  niv  hovhooil  home,  amoii';  tin?  converts  of 
v.'hich  wert'  Eleanor  and  Jane  Carty,  (reorge  O.  Pratt,  L.nvis  B, 
and  Salmon  P.  Hibbard  and  some  others.  He  saiil  he  never 
sn{)[)osed  Lewis  B  would  turn  out  such  a  *"  boy""  as  he  found  him 
today.  He  spoke  of  the  fathers,  wlioin  he  nuiiembered,  and 
bade  tlie  church  go  on  and  l)e  encouraged. 

Rev.  .lose[)h  (t.  Lorimer,  of  Georgia,  Vermont,  said  his  ex- 
cellent dinner  in  the  '"Tent  ElKuiezer,"  oppressed  him  too  much 
for  a  s[)eech.  H.e  said  in  former  times  Rev.  T.  M.  Merriman 
and  other  theological  stutleuts  used  to  make  Abbott's  Corner  a 
sort  of  half-wav  house  on  their  wav  to  and  from  their  homes  in 
].)i'rl)y.  Staiiste;ul  and  other  fa.r  eastern  t(nvnshi[)S  an!  the  Bajitist 
(*olli'ge  in  ^Montreal.  He  mentioned  Rev.  Charles  Hibbaril  and 
his  vsork  a.t  home  and  in  India  and  his  <>'rave  here.  The  vouiiii: 
people  of  our  day  have  a  w«)nderful  future,  a  great  trust  is  re- 
posed in  tluin  bv  God.  Mav  the  next  century  show  nobl" 
records  for  this  church. 

Rev.  Whitman  P.  Stanley,  pastor  of  the  Methodist  church  in 
West  Berkshire,  Xi..  said  he  began  to  feel  proud  of  his  Hibbard 
auci'stry,  th.ough  he  was  a  Methodist.  He  congratulated  the 
cliurch  oil  its  history,  and  said  he  and  his  brethren  were  hand  in 
hand  with  us  coinpiering  sin.  The  fathers  look  (hjwn  ttjday  on  this 
scene  and  are  haj)py.      Let  us  go  on  lio[)efui  and  victorious. 

Deacon  C  C.  Manuel,  a  Cijugregationalist  of  Richford,  Vt.. 
said  s(»nK'tinu's  lu>  could  hardly  tell  whether  he  was  a  ]ja[)tist, 
?vlethodist  or  Congregationalist;  he  had  good  times  with  them 
all.  I  had  su[)[)osed  you  sent  all  your  good  material  once  to 
Richford  u'lien  you  sent  pastor  Scotield  and  his  family,  but  I  see 
you  have   [)le!ity  left.      May  (rotl  bless  and  [)rosper  yon. 

Deacon  Sa'mon  P.  Hibbaril  said:  I  am  glad  to  be  with  you 
todav;  it  i-i  rii»iit  and  iust  that  we  i)ay  honor  to  the  founder  of 
tlii.--  churcii.  Tile  nation,  the  community  or  the  church  that  does 
not  pay  honor  and  res[)eet  to  its  founders  is  not  worthy  of  a 
[ilacc  in  history;  the  iiion  who  "blazed"   their   way  dirough   the 


18- 


•allt'd   out    ill   a 
10  presuleiit    of 

unit.  fact>ti()iisly 
ad  "  hiird-shoU" 
)iiO  scluKtl-hoiiso 
li{»  converts  of 
Pratt,  L-.nvls  B. 
saul  lu;  lu'vt'r 
as  he  fouii'l  liini 
■uiembered,    and 

lit.   said   his   ex- 
1   lum  too  much 
l\    M.    Merrimau 
.bbott's  Corner  u 
their  liouies  in 
»s  an^'.  the  Baptist 
les  Hibbanl  and 
re.     The  young 
reat  trust  is  re- 
urv    show    noble 

[hodist  church  in 
of  his  Hibbard 
lUgratuhitiHl  the 
leu  were  hand  in 
)Wii  today  on  this 
victorious. 
If  Richford,  Vt., 

was  a  Baptist, 
ines  with  them 
iiaterial  once  to 
Ifannlv,  but,  I  see 
>er  you. 

to  be   with    you 

the  founder  of 
Ichurch  that  does 
lot   worthy  of  a 

ay  dirough   the 


fonsts  to  the  pioneer  setlK'tneiits  of  till.-;  country  ai'.d  found,  ti 
these  hill-top  anil  valley  churches,  are  worthy  of  all  respect  aiMi 
iioiiov.  For  loo  years  this  churcji  has  stood  as  a  bt^acoi)  light 
helplui;  on  those  early  settlers  to  a  sturdv.  virtuous  and  u|)ri<.!;lit 
life.  It  never  will  be  knov.'ii  this  side  of  eternily  the  good  this 
church  has  done  this  community  alone,  neither  ^\ill  ever  l)e 
known  the  hardshi[)S  endured  by  t!u>  flr.st  [)astor.  the  s;irriiic»'s 
madi'.  ••?Ie  budded  better  than  lie  knew."  Tlie  founila.l  ions  of 
this  church  were  laid  broad  and  dee[)  in  tlie  everlasting  [)r()niIsi'S 
i;f  (t(x1.  and  for  lOO  years.  I  am  <Ai\d  that  it  e.-m  be  said  to  the 
credit  of  this  church,  no  uncertain  sound  has  come  from  it-"* 
])ulpit.  its  doors  have  never  been  clost^d,  A  receiii  arlii-le  in  one 
of  the  leadinj;  mai'azines  in  New  KuLrland  told  of  the  sad  condi- 
tion  of  uuiuv  of  our  country  towns.  The  sabiect  of  the  article 
was  •"Inipending  Paganism  in  New  England,"  itvul  tlu'  author 
Wi'ut  on  to  state  that  in  the  r(jund  of  his  own  knowhMlge  and 
recijllection,  there  were  towns  that  twenty-live  to  tifty  and 
seventy-iivi'  years  ago  had  two  or  thr<'e  Evangelical  churches, 
and  some  four,  while  now  the  doors  wer-'  all  closi-d   and   in    their 


[)Iace.    [»erha[is  a  Catholic  churcdi  or  no   worshi[)    at    al 


Tl 


certainlv  is  a  sr.d  state  of  atfj 


ur.- 


and  should   be   r 


euu.H 


lied.     Our 
We   sur- 


best  men  from  the  cities  oome  from  country  churches 
mise  the  founder  of  this  church  would  r>'joice  could  he  look 
down  through  this  century.  Ministers  and  missionaries  not  a 
few  have  gonf>  out  from  its  v.'alls  and  done  noble  servic(\  It  has 
becui  my  [)rivilege  since  I  went  to  Boston  to  be  associated  in 
cliurah  work  with  one  of  the  grandest  [)astors  that  ever  lived;  a 
man  known  far  and  wide  for  his  fidelity  to  truth  and  his  Evan- 
gelical [)rinoiples;  for  his  missiojiary //,» d;  ardvMit  for  thes[)reid- 
ing  of  the  gospel;  his  nanu'  and  (diurch  have  become  known  the 
World  over;  "He  budded  better  than  he  knew."  He  entered 
into  his  rest  some  live  years  ago.  but  truly  his  labors  follow  him; 
the  church  goes  on  in  all  the  departments  of  the  work.  lie 
fountlod  the  Grordon  Missionary  Training  S-;ho:j!.  fur  tin' training 
of  young  nitni  and  women  for  [)astors.  pastor's  assistants  and 
missionaries;  the  church  is  knijwn  far  and  near  for  its  missionary 
zeal,  liayiui;  missionaries  and  Evan<'e!ists  on  almost  every  Held 
in  the  known  world;  I  refer  to  the  Rev.  A.  J.  (fordan.  D,  D., 
pastor  of  the  Clarendon  Street  Church,  Boston.  He  was  a 
country  lad.  born  and  bred  amonj;  the  hills  of  New  Ham])shire, 


TV 


u— 


I       ' ! 


■\      ' 


M! 


: ii  i 


■'III 


! 


of  goodly  parents  nnd  pariianical  principle.  In  his  boyhood 
was  laid  the  foundation  for  a  broad  education,  deep  spiritual  life, 
and  a  consecrated  service. 

Maintain  y(jnr  country  churches  and  mav  the  record  of  this 
church  be  the  record  of  all  country  churches,  fidelity  to  truth, 
fidelity  to  the  Evangelical  truths  of  the  Bible,  and  always  its 
jral[)it  ev(^ry  Sabbath  in  the  year  proclaim  the  gospel  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Clirist.  I  have  said  the  founders  of  these  country 
churches,  particularly  this  one,  builded  bett(>r  than  they  knew, c(j- 
teinporaueoj.s  vrith  the  whoop  of  tlie  Indian  or  the  hovrl 
of  the  wiUl  beast  was  heard  the  admonishing  words  of  the 
niinisUr;  ''Peace  on  Earth;  Good  Will  to  Men,"  and  as 
the  snujke  from  the  many  stone  chimneys  of  the  log  cabins  of 
the  early  '  icius  ascended  heavenward,  so  went  upward  as  a 
a  swe(4  im  cuH'  i;  nrayers  from  many  a  family  altar,  and  today 
chiklreu's  cl;i!  Ireu  nve  reaping  the  benefits  if  tliose  early  prayers, 
and  g^'ueration  after  generation  will  rise  up  and  call  the  founders 
of  these  ch\u  '  /s  "blesprd."  This  community  has  always  been 
noted  for  its  high  mf^rn!  '  idard,  largely  due  to  a  fidelity  of 
these  early  pastors.  Let  sis  cherish  their  names,  and  wish  that 
their  followers  may  build  as  broad,  as  deep  and  as  well  as  they 
builded.  I  an»  glad  to  be  with  you  today,  to  renew  old  friend- 
ships and  wish  you  God  speed  for  the  next  hundred  years,  the 
second  cimtennifd.  when  I  hope  to  be  with  you. 

Deacon  xVlbert  A.  Ayer.  of  Montreal,  said  yesterday  he  vis- 
ited the  old  school-house  site  between  the  Horace  and  Harlow 
Chandler  homes,  where  he  attended  school  fifty  years  ago,  taught 
by  a  noble  ''old  maid,"  whose  influence  on  his  life  he  felt  still, 
So  of  us,  it  is  our  influence  that  tells,  and  wlu^n  thirty  years  old 
charact(^rs  are  formed.  What  kind  of  lives  are  we  living,  and 
what  is  and  shall  be  our  influence  on  others.  What  has  this 
churcli  done  for  me.  If  I  am  not  better  in  all  respects  from  its 
influence  there  is  failure  somewhere. 

One  of  the  guiding,  molding  influences  of  my  early  life  was 
the  reading  of  the  Bible.  My  mother  never  failed  to  read  the 
Bible,  and  I  read  it  because  she  did  and  wished  me  to  read  it, 
and  its  influence  on  my  life  and  character  was  very  great.  We 
had  but  few  books,  and  before  I  was  ten  years  old  I  had  read  the 
Bible  through. 

Our  success  in  life  is  seizing  opportunities.     Our  natural  in- 


—  do- 


ll  his  boyhood 
p  spiritual  life, 

record  of    this 

delity  to  truth, 

and  always  its 

gospel  of    the 

these   country 

[1  they  knew,co- 

or    the    howl 

i>   words  of  the 

Men,"     an<l    as 

log  cabins    of 

it  upward   as  a 

iltar,  and  today 

se  early  prayers. 

^aW  the  founders 

as  always  been 

to  a  fidelity  of 

and    wish  that 

s  well  as  they 

lew  old  friend- 

Idred  years,  the 

sterday  he  vis- 
ce  and  Harlow 
■ars  ixgo,  taught 
Ife  he  felt  still, 
thirty  years  old 
jwe  living,  and 
What  has  this 
[spects  from  its 

early  life  was 
}d  to  read  the 
ne  to  read  it, 
|»ry  great.     We 

I  had  read  the 

t)ur  natural  in- 


clination is  to  seize  things  that  are  easy,  but  we  only  get  the 
best  of  things  bv  struij>jjles.  and  I  want  those  who  negh'ct  the 
churcli.  and  its  ]^rivileges  and  blessings,  to  turn  from  that 
course,  even  though  it  may  cost  an  eit'ort.  Many  young  men  go 
to  the  cities  to  get  into  business,  but  my  early  home  was  in  the 
country,  and  I  love  it  still,  and  this  church.  Mr.  Ayer's  was  an 
excellent  speech,  and  I  wish  I  had  it  in  full,  instead  of  tlie  few 
notes  I  was  able  to  take  as  he  spoke. 

Kev.  John  Currie,  the  Scotch  Evangelist  of  Montreal,  de- 
livered one  of  the  most  unique,  interesting  and  scriptural 
speeches  to  which  I  have  listened.  It  was  founded  on  Psalm, 
ll'.):ll.  "Thy  words  have  I  hid  in  my  heart  that  I  might  not 
sin  against  thee,"  which  he  ap[)lied  as  "a  good  thing,  in  a  good 
place,  and  for  a  good  pur[)os(.\"  There  are  many  sacred  books  in 
the  world,  but  none  like  the  Bible.  Dr.  Gordon  was  like  a  ri[)e 
peach,  he  was  so  full  of  the  Bible.  Liberal  churches  die,  be- 
cause they  lay  aside  the  Bible.  I  was  deligiited  with  Brother 
Ayer's  speecii,  because  he  so  emjihasized  the  Bible.  This  is  no 
a({e(juate  re[)ort  of  a  rare  speech;  I  found  when  I  came  to  write 
it  out  that  I  had  no  notes  of  it. 

Rev.  W.  G.  Scotield,  of  Richford,  said:  This  centennial 
celebration  helps  me  to  realize  more  than  ever  how  great  is  my 
obligation  to  this  church.  Unlike  our  visiting  brethren  here  to- 
day, whose  early  homes  were  in  this  vicinity,  and  who  were 
ba[)tized  into  the  membership  of  this  church,  and  then  early  in 
life  removed  to  other  places, — my  early  life  and  on  till  I  had 
reached  the  age  of  forty-seven  years  were  spent  here.  The 
(piestion  has  often  been  in  mind,  as  I  have  thought  of  this  occa- 
sion, what  w'ould  my  life  have  been  but  for  the  constraining  and 
hallowed  influences  of  this  church.  Although  my  conversion 
was  at  Fairfax,  and  that  church  will  always  have  a  warm  place 
in  my  heart, — this  has  been  my  training  ground:  here  I  was 
baptized  and  given  a  place  and  standing  with  God's  people;  here 
the  responsibilities  of  Christian  service  were  laid  on  my  shoul- 
ders; here  was  accorded  me  the  privilege  of  doing  something  to 
help  in  the  great  work  for  which  we  were  organized;  here  my 
children  were  early  taught  the  way  of  life,  and  two  of  them 
giving  their  hearts  to  the  Lord  were  baptized  into  the  member- 
ship of  this  church;  one  at  thirteen,  and  the  other  at  twelve  years 
<jf  age,  and  now  one  of  them  lives  to  tell  the  story  of  Jesus  and 


—  40  — 


;.!l 


:i!l 


I 


His  love  to  the  young  students  of  Grande  Ligne  Mission,  nnd 
the  other,  including  the  youngest,'  who  came  into  the  church  at 
Richford,  are  swelling  the  glad  anthems  of  victory  in  the  church 
triumphant.  God  bless  the  children  who  are  sheltered  in  this 
fold  today.  Bear  with  me  in  this  personal  talk  while  I  tell  you 
a  little  more  of  my  experience.  For  many  years  I  was  leader  of 
the  choir,  and  because  of  the  exacting  responsibility  of  this  po- 
sition, I  was  the  more  careful  to  be  present  at  all  the  regular  and 
special  services,  many  of  wiiich  I  otherwise  would  have  missed. 
This  demand  on  mv  time  and  the  sacrifice  it  often  cost  uu%  I 
used  to  sometimes  think  was  a  loss,  but  now  I  can  see  that  it  was 
a  gain.  Once  when  there  was  to  be  held  a  two  days'  meeting,  my 
uncle,  Columbus  Scofield,  came  to  see  if  I  would  attend,  and  I 
told  him  I  would  some  of  the  time,  but  my  farm  work  pressed  so 
I  could  not  spare  two  days  that  week.  He  told  me  to  attend  all 
the  time  and  help  the  church,  and  he  would  send  a  man  to  work 
on  my  place,  which  he  did,  I  did  not  understand  then  as  now 
what  a  blessing  it  is  to  a  church  to  have  some  one  who  is  ready 
to  make  sacrifices  for  its  good. 

As  superintt.'ident  of  the  Sunday  school  for  many  years,  I 
was  compelled  to  stand  before  the  school  and  say  a  fe^v  words 
and  offer  prayer,  which  at  first  was  a  heavy  cross,  but  wliich  was 
the  means  God  used  in  leading  mo  into  a  more  active  Christian 
life  and  eventually  into  the  ministry.  I  am  confident  of  this, 
had  I  never  been  a  Sunday  school  superintendent  for  years,  I 
had  never  been  a  minister.  Then  the  work  of  general  collector 
*  and  financial  agent  of  the  church  and  filling  the  offices  of  clerk 
and  deacon,  all  were  instrumental  in  developing  my  untrained 
powers  of  mind  and  fitting  me  for  the  work  the  Lord  has  given 
me  to  do,  these  last  seventeen  years.  This  church  has  been  my 
Alma  Mater,  and  I  may  say  with  equal  truthfulness  that  Rev.  A. 
L.  Arms  has  been  my  Gamaliel,  at  whose  feet  I  have  been 
brought  up  and  whose  faithful  ministrations  have  gone  far  to 
make  me  what  I  am.  Well  do  I  remember  that  special  meeting 
in  1875,  when  Rev.  Jonathan  Tilson  and  Rev.  Charles  Hibbard 
came  to  us,  sent  of  God,  as  it  seemed  to  me,  for  the  church  did 
not  call  them.  (Charles  Hibbard  once  told  me  the  plan  origin- 
ated with  him,  and  Albert  A.  Ayer,  of  Montreal,  became  re- 
sponsible for  the  expenses, — L.  B.  H.)  It  was  a  joyously  thrill- 
ing experience  to  see  those  we  had  so  long    prayed    for   coming 


— i7- 


Misslon,    find 

tlio  cliurcli  at 
y  iu  tlu-cliurch 
?ltered  in  this 
lilo  I  tell  you 
[  wns  leatU^r  of 
ity  of  this  po- 
he  regular  and 
1  have  missed. 
ten  cost  me,  I 

see  that  it  was 
s'  nieetirii',  my 
attend,  and  I 
'ork  pressed  so 
e  to  attend  all 
I  man  to  work 
I  then   as  now 

who   is   readv 

iiany  years,   I 
y  a   few  words 
jut  wliicli  was 
ive  Christian 
dent    of  this, 
or    years.     I 
leral   collector 
ices  of  clerk 
my  untrained 
d   has  given 
has  been  my 
that  Rev.  A. 
I   have   been 
gone    far  to 
»ecial  meeting 
rles  Hibbard 
le  church  did 
plan    origin- 
became    re- 
yously  thrill- 
for    coming 


I 
I 


out  on  the  Lord's  side.  Then  in  18TS  Rev.  John  Currie  came,  to 
our  great  j(jy,  and  many  more  of  our  ytjung  peo[)le  were  added 
unto  the  Lord. 

It  was  a  ditiicult  thing  ior  my  good  wife  and  children  and 
mvsi.'lf  to  do  to  sever  the  relationship  existing  between  us  and 
liu"  church  and  gt)  to  another  place  for  our  tiekl  of  labor. 
Neighbors  and  friends,  the  pnstor  and  the  church,  all  op})osed  it, 
juul  yet  I  felt  I  must  do  it  or  nu\ke  but  very  little  progress  in  the 
work  that  was  actually  demanding  all  mv  time.  Do  not  accuse 
nie  of  ingratitude,  rather  believe  with  me  that  it  was  God's  will, 
and  let  the  record  of  his  ap[)roving  smile  upon  my  work  in 
Eieliford  these  thirteen  years  strengthen  that  belief.  Country 
churches  all  over  the  land,  and  this  church  in  particular,  suffer 
from  nmiovals.  S(jme  of  them  have  been  left  desolate  by  such 
losses,  and  eventually  ceased  to  exist.  At  one  time  it  looked 
probable  that  such  a  fate  was  in  store  for  this  church,  but  by  the 
grace  of  God,  and  faithful,  persistent  efforts  of  a  few,  the  work 
lifis  been  carried  on;  new  ones  have  been  brought  in,  and  at  this 
c()ni[)letion  of  100  years  tln.'re  is  good  promise  of  life  and  en- 
t'ouraging  prospects  ahead.  It  is  said  a  Ba[)tist  church  never 
dies;  it  sometimes  goes  down  like  a  nieadow-raole  into  the 
ground,  but  like  it,  comes  up  again  perhaps  somewhere  else;  it 
does  not  die.  The  fact  that  this  church  has  lived  100  years  has 
changed  the  world  into  a  ditferent  world  than  it  otherwise  would 
have  been.  Far  off  India  has  felt  the  force  of  a  personality 
fnjui  this  church  that  has  changed  the  people  there,  and  widened 
and  increased  the  light  that  is  now  shining  upon  that  darkened 
land.  We  miss  today  our  brother — the  late  Rev.  Charles  Hib- 
bard; but  while  we  mourn  his  death,  we  rejoice  in  the  grand 
Work  he  accomplished  and  the  victory  he  has  gained. 

The  United  States  and  Canada,  this  great  American  conti- 
nent stands  aifected  today  in  no  small  degree,  because  this  church 
has  braved  a  100  years  of  Christian  service.  Yes,  I  can  go 
farther  than  that  and  say  that  all  heaven  is  inspired  with  sweeter 
music  Ix'cause  of  many  that  have  gone  up,  and  are  continually 
going  up  to  join  the  grand  chorus  of  the  redeemed  through  the 
iutiuence,  directly  or  indirectly  of  this  (diurch.  If  the  good 
deed  of  an  individual  done  for  and  in  the  name  of  Jesus,  goes 
on  and  on  in  its  influence  in  ever  widening  circles  till  the  end  of 
time — how  much  more  the  influence  of  a   Christian  church  sus- 


48  — 


nil 


''pi 


tnining  tho  pronchint^  of  the  G()S[h'1  for  a  100  yenrs  will  go  on 
in  its  infliionce,  broadoiiing,  (IceiM'iiing,  wiclcniiig,  aiul  reat'liiug 
out  here  and  there  over  tlie  face  of  the  earth,  wherever  its  uiein- 
l)ers  and  their  influence  shall  be  known  and  felt. 

It  is  indeed  a  glorious  occasion,  this  coming  together  a  family, 
a  people  to  celebrate  this  centennial  day.  Although  our  work  is 
so  great  and  far  reaching,  we  are  not  a  large  family.  Probfd)ly 
500  names  would  cover  the  entire  number  of  its  membership 
from  its  organization  to  the  [U'esent  time.  (Those  who  art>  or 
had  been  members  of  the  church  stood  up  at  Bro.  Scofield's  re- 
quest.— L.  B.  H.)  Could  all  those  once  members  here  who  have 
passed  on  to  higher  life,  be  counted  with  us  today  and  all  who 
have  been  brought  into  the  Christian  life  in  other  i)laces  through 
the  direct  and  indirect  influences  of  all  the  present  and  past 
members,  what  a  mighty  army  we  should  see.  Does  it  pay  to 
support  churches  that  preach  Him  crucified;  that  demand 
of  their  members  a  r<'formed  life,  the  result  of  regeneration; 
does  it  pay  to  be  true  and  faithful  in  all  our  relations  with  the 
church,  with  the  world  and  with  our  God?  Let  the  history  of 
the  church  of  God,  in  her  onward  progress  during  the  [)ast 
century  be  our  answer.  Let  the  influence  of  the  gospel  in  all  its 
civilizing  and  enlightening  power  over  the  world,  as  seen  in  re- 
formed manhood's  consecrated  lives  and  Christlike  characters,  be 
our  assurance  today,  that  nothing  in  this  world  pays  so  well.  And 
yet  we  all  believe  that  the  revelations  of  the  eternal  future  can 
alone  tell  us  how  richly  it  pays  to  serve  the  true  and  living  God 
in  all  his  divinely  appointed  days. 

May  the  influence  of  this  centennial  day  be  a  mighty  inspira- 
tion to  this  church  and  this  congrgation,  leading  every  one  to 
realize  better  than  ever  before  how  glorious  is  the  cause  in  which 
he  is  enlisted,  and  how  blessed  are  the  fruits  of  persistent,  faith- 
ful, consecrated  service. 

The  venerable  senior  pastor,  Rev.  A.  L.  Arms,  whose  voice 
has  failed  him,  stood  up,  and  whispered  a  few  words,  of  thanks- 
giving for  this  day,  the  gracious  dealings  of  God  in  the  past, 
and  an  inspiring  hope  for  the  future.  The  large  congregation 
then  stood,  and  all  sang.  "God  be  with  you  till  we  meet  again," 
and  after  the  benediction,  we  adjourned  at  4:15  o'clock  p.  m., 
till  September  Gth,  A.  D.  1999,  and  10  o'clock  a.  m. 

The  audience  lingered  long  in  the  meeting  house  and  out   on 


—  40  — 


s  will  fjo  on 
and  rt>ju'liiii«x 
I'ver  its  niem- 


'tlicr  n  fnniilv, 
h  onr  work  is 
ly.     Probably 

membership 
who  are  or 
Scofield's  re- 
loro  who  have 
and  all  who 
ilaces  throng)] 
ent  and  past 
oes  it  pay  to 
that  demand 
regeneration; 
ons  with  the 
he  history  of 
ng  the  past 
spel  in  all  its 
i  seen  in  re- 
-•haracters,  be 
so  well.  And 
I   future    can 

living   God 

ghty  inspira- 

Bvery  one   to 

use  in  which 

istent,  faith- 

whose  voice 
of  thanks- 
Ln  the  past, 
jongregation 
meet  again," 

'clock  p.  m., 

and  out   on 


the  lawn,  ])hot<)grai)hs  of  th(>  assembly  grounds  taken,  ohl  friends, 
after  years  of  se[)arati()ii,  gathen-d  in  groups  for  reininlseences, 
many  knowing  they  would  never  meet  again  ••lhis  side  the  ridge." 
Not  a  few  partook  of  supper,  which  the  good  [H'oph'  of  all  s«'cts 
and  denonnnations  at  and  about  Abbott's  Corner  liad  so  gen(>r- 
ously  provi(h'd,  ere  they  drijve  to  their  h(nnes,  some  many  miles 
away.  There  were  +f'f;rs  in  scores  of  eyes  that  day  that  had  not 
been  similarly  moistened  for  a  long,  long  time,  and  many  a  warm 
hand-siiake,  the  warmth  a/ul  vigor  of  whose  grip  will  long  be 
remembered, 

I  cannot  close  this  account  without  thanking  the  [)eo[)le  of 
Abl)ott's  Corner  and  viciiiity  for  Ihe  generous  and  magnilicent 
manner  in  which  they  cared  for  us  all,  and  instead  of  a  few  liours 
1  want  to  go  and  spend  tlays,  or  weeks  among  lliem  nml  the 
scenes  almost  sacred  to  me.  Two  large  tents,  t)ne  for  a  kitchen 
and  one  for  the  "Ebenezer  Dining  Roou),"  were  set  up  on  the 
<luu\'h  lot,  where  patient  and  faithful  men  and  women  worked 
j'.nd  served  their  guests  all  day  till  long  after  daylight.  Such 
kindness  cannot  be  forgotten,  and  xVbbotts  Ccnwier  has  a  warmer 
place  in  my  heart  than  ever  before. 

HISTORICAL  MEMORANDA. 


RoVn-rt,     the     First,     was    the     founder    of      the     Hibbard 
family  in   America.     He    was    born    in    Salisbury,    England,   in 
MWI,  when  Oliver  Cromwell   was  a  lad  of    18  years,  and  James 
1st  was  King,     He  married  Joanna  Waiilen.  and  cam(>  1o  America 
in  ](5H(')  or  '88  with,  and  at  the  request  of  Gov.  John   Winthro}), 
of  Massachusetts,    as  a  salt-maker   for  the  young    colony.     He 
proved   a  valuable   and   important  cilizen;   [!ros[>ered  in  business 
jl    and  held  offices  of  public  trust,  as  the  early  records   of    Beverly, 
now  being  published,  show.      He  settled  in  S  vlem.  whicli  then  in- 
cluded what  is  now  Beverly.      George   E.   Hil)l)artl.    of    Chicago, 
visited  his  old  home  in  181)U,  and  dug  up  from  his  old  salt-works 
some  of  the  brick  Robert  put  in  there   2()(>  years    ag(j.    when   he 
first  built  his  works.     They  were  members  of  Pastor  Higinson's 
Congregational  church.     They  had  ten  children.     He  died  May 
7,  1084,  and  his  wife  about  twelve  years  later. 

Robert  Second  was  their  sixth  child,  born   in   Salem,    May  7, 
1048;   married  Mary  Walden,    of    Wenham,  ■  Mass      They    had 


50  — 


v'U'Vf'ii  cliildivii,  niul  he  (lied  in  Wiiullmm.  (\)iin.,  April  2*.>,  1710. 
wlu'i'c  Ihh  older  sons  sottK'd  in  1(508,  wliilc  he  and  tlic  hMlant'i'  of 
his  ffiniilv  went  there  in  1700.  The  h'tter  (jf  diHUiission  whieh 
he  took  from  Wenliaui  in  1700  to  the  church  in  Windlwun,  wr.s 
nmonj;  the  prized  treasures  of  the  hitter  church  in  ISSO,  and  W,  ■ 
original  farm  on  which  the  ffimily  si'ttled  in  Windham  in  10*' 
reiiinined  in  the  successive  Hibhard  generations  till  iSSl, 
l)eriod  of  1S2  years. 

Robert  Third  was  born  at  Wenham,  Mass.,  July  8,  1674; 
married  Mary  R"ed,  Dec.  H,  1702.  They  had  Uni  children.  He 
was  one  of  the  Hrst  Hibbards  in  Connecticut,  and  died  Junt'  20. 
1742,  and  his  wife  died  March  7,  1763,  about  twelve  years  before 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.  , 

John  was  their  oldest  child,  born  at  Windham,  Conn..  Oct.  3, 
1704;  uuirried  Sarah  Durkee,  Sept.  22,  172o.  and  settled  near  or 
on  "Little  River,"  Canterbury,  Conn.  They  had  thirteen  child- 
ren.    He  was  a  farmer,  and  died  in  17()2. 

Jedediah,  the  founder  of  this,  Abbott's  Corner  church,  was 
their  eighth  child,  born  in  Canterbury,  Oct.  4,  1740;  died  at  S' 
Armand  East,  Province  of  Quebec.  Canada,  Oct.  4,  1800. 
married  Mary  Porter,  in  1762,  a  daughter  oi  Col.  Porter, 
Canterbury.  Her  family  were  wealthy,  of  high  social  position 
and  were  staunch  Congregationalists,  and  she  remained  such  till 
her  death  in  1813.  Soon  after  their  marriagi'  it  seems  thai 
Jedediah,  his  wife's  father  and  brothers  [U'ospicted  uul  located 
linds  in  Lebanon,  N,  H.,  for  Jedediah's  name  appears  on  deed-f 
1763-()4,  though  they  did  not  take  their  families  into  that  new 
country  till  1765,  as  their  oldest  sou,  Roger,  was  bom  in  Can- 
terbury in  1764.  In  1760,  Jedediah  was  elected  "tything  man;" 
he  was  also  public  surveyor  of  lands.  The  New  Hnmpshin^  Sec- 
retary of  State  informs  me  that  their  state  official  records  show 
that  Jedediah  enlisted  for  service  on  the  '•  Alarm,"  about  Ticon- 
deroga,  N.  Y.,  June  27th  to  July  3,  1777,  in  Col.  Chase's  regi- 
ment, and  also  went  as  Seargent  Major,  Sept.  22  to  Oct.  23,  1777. 
under  General  Gates  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  where 
Gen.  Burgjyne  capitulated,  Oct.  17,  1777,  with  nearly  (),0(IO 
British  soldiers. 

The  historian  of  Lebanon,  Rev.  A.  C.  Downs,  says  Jedediah 
was  an  "  enthusiastic  Ba[)tist;"  he  hel[)ed  organize  churches  in 
that  and  other  towns  about,  besides  his  farming,  surveying  and 


—  .51 


Ainil  21).  17 U). 

I  till'  bfilmici'  of 
isinissiou   whit'h 

WiiuUiMUK  wc.s 
in  1SN(5.  mill  \\,  ' 
idliani  ill    lt'»V 
ms   till    ISSI, 

July   8,   1(574; 

II  ehililri'U.  Hi' 
tl  (lied  Juiii'  2*). 
,'lvc'  yi'ars  bet'uri' 

11,  Conn..  Oct.  'il, 
(I  si'tt It'll  nonv  DV 
[  tliirti't'ii  c'.liilil- 

icr  I'hurcli,    was 
7  M);  tlieil  at  S' 
pt.  4,  1801).     ^ 
Col.    Porter, 

social  position 
inaiued  such  till 
■  it  seems  that 
tetl  mil  located 
ipears  on   deed-^ 

into  that   new 

s   born   in    Caii- 

"tythiiig  man:" 

Hampshire  Sec- 

al  records  show 

'  about  Tic(jn- 
)1.  Chase's  regi- 
to  Oct.  23,  1777, 
a,  N.  Y.,  where 
th   nearly  (),0()0 

,  says  Jedediah 
dze  churches  in 
,  surveying  and 


othtT  duties.  Backus,  the  Baptist  historian  of  ^liddleboro, 
Mass..  signed  a  certilicate  of  felhjwshipand  recognitifjii  June  1 1, 
1771.  for  one  of  those  churches,  and  says  Jedediah  was  ordained 
in  Lebanon,  in  17S4. 

H"  came  to  Abbott's  Corner  in  171)7,  and  settled  in  a  home 
on  the  James  Lee  place.  His  original  farm  extended  from 
the  Frelighsliurg  and  Corner.  '"Joy  Hill"  road  south  to  the 
'•line"  between  Vermont  and  Canada,  and  from  the  west  lino  of 
the  old  Chandler  farms  to  the  east  line  of  the  Rodman  &  Simeon 
Whitman  farm.  They  had  nine  children,  and  my  grandfather, 
Xathaniel.  the  youngest,  was  twelve  year  old  when  they  came 
here. 

It  was  his  habit  for  many  years  during  his  residence  in  New 
Hani[)Hhire.  to  go  olf  on  horseback  on  long  missionary  tours  up 
through  central  and  northern  Vermont,  even  into  Canada.  These 
trips  (K'cupied  from  one  to  three  uKjiiths  each.  Sometimes  lie 
went  alone,  but  more  frequently  Elisha  Ransom,  of  Woodstock, 
John  Hibbard,  of  Royalton,  Roswell  Mears,  of  Fairfax,  Jo.=ieph 
Call,  of  Cambridge,  Gov.  Ezra  Butler,  of  Waterbury,  or  others 
accomi)anii'd  him.  They  accepted  what  the  pei)i)le  gave  them, 
which  wtis  not  much,  for  the  jieople  were  ptjor,  but  those  men  of 
God  did  not  sutfer  or  com[)lain.  He  told  Isaac  Backus  that  h<3 
had  made  several  of  these  extended  journeys  and  founded  a 
ciuirch  at  ••Caldwell's  Manor,"  and  Judge  J.  D.  Farnsworth.  of 
Fairfax,  said  he  was  the  s[)iritaal  father  of  very  many  in  all 
northern  Vermont.  From  75,()0()  to  1)0.000  people  settleil  in  the 
northern  half  of  that  state  during  the  dozen  years  following 
171)0,  and  the  demand  for  missionary  work  was  very  urgent.  The 
New  Hampshire  records  show  that  he  was  an  ardent  patriot,  and 
not  a  "  loyalist,"  ns  I  stated  in  the  Centennial  Discourse,  He 
and  his  wife  were  buried  near  the  center  of  the  old  parish  ceme- 
tery, in  Frelighsburg,  and  the  stones  marking  the  8[)ot  are  in  a 
good  state  of  preservation. 

JEDEDIAH  HIBBARD'S  CHILDREN. 

Deacon  Roger  Hibbard  was  born  in  Canterbury,  Conn.,  in 
17()4,  and  died  in  East  Franklin,  Vt.,  at  the  home  of  John  K. 
Whitney,  Nov.  3,  1848,  He  married  Sarah  Stickney,  of  Rowley, 
Mass.,  an  aunt,  I  think,  of  Jonathan  Stickney,  so  long  a  leading 


member  of  this  church. 


Roger    had   the 


Harlow    and  Horace 


—  52— 


i«ii>.)3 


«  I 

r<«i 


I* 
I' 


:i 


4 


Chaiidli'V  farms,  as  vvt^ll  as  the  Whituian  pint'.",  upon  the  hill,  and 
where  his  sou  Roswi-ll  lived  for  a  time.  Roger's  home  was  the 
Harlow  Chandler  [)lace,  and  I  sn])p(jse  he  huilt  that  house,  now 
the  home  of  Edmuud  In<^ails.  It  was  in  liof^er's  liome  that  his 
father,  Jedediah,  was  installed  as  pastor  of  this  ehurch,  August 
27.  1801.  and  Roger  was  elected  deacon  in  ISOO.  and  continued 
to  serve  t\)rty-(wo  years  till  his  death.  I  renu>nd)er  him,  as  one 
of  the  finest  tyjus  of  a  genial,  dignified,  earnest  Cliristian  unin- 
hood  1  ever  knew.  H<»  wtnild  walk  (jver  from  '•  John  K's"  to  our 
home,  some  two  miles,  (jf  a  Saturday  forenoon,  take  dinner  with 
us,  and  then  go  with  my  father  to  the  (.\)rner  to  covenant  meet- 
ing. They  had  tv.-eive  children,  and  s[)ent  their  last  years  with 
their  sou-in-hiw,  John  K.  Whitney,  who  nnirried  their  daughter 
Philura. 

Martha,  a  woman  of  great  force  and  energy  of  character,  was 
Jedediah"s  second  child;  she  was  born  in  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  as  were 
all  the  rest  of  his  children,  and  married  Samuel  Cleveland,  of  Roy- 
niton,  Vt.,  a  markedly  able  and  successful  business  man.  "Aunt 
Cleveland"  was  horn  to  rule,  and  did  it. 

L(jis  was  histliird,  born  in  17t)8;  married  Zadock  Rol)inson,  and 
they  lived  for  some  time  on   the  south  end  of    her    father's    biff 
farm,    now  the    Armstrong   place.     Her    descendants    are    * 
west"  somewhere, 

Samuel  Porter,  born  in  1770;  had  the  farm  north  of 
Armstrong  road,  later  owned  by  ''Elder"  Homer  Smith, 
and  his  family  wetit  to  Ohio,  and  thence  to  central  Illinois  where 
many  of  his  children  and  wife  died,  and  he  finally  went  to  Ore- 
gon, wher(»  he  died  and  is  buried  in  Lafayette,  near  Portland. 

Eunice,  born  in  1777;  married  Ebenezer  White,  of  Roynlton, 
Vt.,  and  I  know  no  more  of  them. 

Jedediah  L.,  their  sixth  child,  was  born  in  1775;  married 
Ann  Hotchkiss,  who  died  February  5th,  1828,  and  is  buried  in 
the  family  lot  in  Frelighsburg.  "  Uncle  Jed''  lived  with  his 
father;  was  a  commissioned  officer  in  the  local  militia;  was 
wt)unded  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburg;  sold  his  comuussion  to 
Orren  Kemp,  of  Frelighsburg;  went  .to  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  and 
spent  his  last  years  with  his  son,  Ahira,   and    was    buried  there. 

Sarah,  born  in  1778;  unirried  Dr.  Gilbert  Jenne,  the  local 
physician.  When  I  knew  her  fifty  years  ago  she  lived  with  her 
Bon,  Siuipson,  a  couple  of  miles  north  of  the  Corner.     For  many 


out 


the 
He 


—  53  — 


he  hill,  aiul 
ne  was  tlie 
house,  now 
uic  that  his 
ch,  August 
continued 
lim,  as  one 
istian  man- 
K's"  to  our 
(iimier  with 

L'Tiaiit    nUH't- 

years  with 
ir  daughter 

firacter,  was 

H.,  as  were 

md,  of  Roy- 

an,     "Aunt 


hinson.  and 
big 
out 


ather's   big 


are 


irth  of  the 
mith.  He 
inois  where 
nt  to  Ore- 
ortland. 
Royalton, 

5;  married 
buried  in 
1  with  his 
lilitia;  was 
imission  to 
N.  Y.,  and 
ried  there, 
the  local 
I  with  her 
For  ninnv 


'■'4 


Vt'ars  tliev  were  active  members  of  the  churcl).  l)ut  became  Uni- 
verbalists.  fShe  was  a  most  earnest  tMiristian  woman  till  her 
death,  and  she  kept  me  reading  "Edwards  on  the  Affections"  to 
lier  all  the  evenings  I  s|Hnt  there  while  teaching  in  the  J.  M. 
ycotield  stone  school-house.  Norman  Jenne,  of  Frelighsburg,  is 
her  grandson. 

Mary,  or  Susannah,  was  born  in  1781;  married  John  Miller, 
of  Nova  Scotia,  an  older  brother  of  Daniel,  who  married  Deacon 
K(jgers"  daughter,  Sarah.  What  became  vi,  John  and  family  I 
lu'ver  learned. 

Nathaniel,  my  grandfather,  was  born  in  ITST).  nnd  died  at 
Branchport,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  21,  1854;  married  Eleanor  Johnson,  of 
Ijerkshire,  Vt..  in  1S()5.  and  she  also  died  in  1^54.  He  owned 
and  lived  for  many  years  on  the  iirst  farm  south  of  his  father's, 
where  Hazard  Thomas  once  lived,  now  owned  by  a  Mr.  (rrice. 
He  had  a  large  saw  mill  below  the  road,  on  the  brook  south  of 
the  house.  Tlu»  last  years  of  his  life  he  spent  with  his  son,  B. 
Johnson  Hibbard.  on  the  farm  at  the  foot  of  the  •'  Pinnacle" 
mountain.  Hi^  was  a  captain  in  the  militia  and  S(Je  *'  commis- 
sioiKU'"'  tor  many  years  of  the  Conmiissioner's  Court,  a  local 
tribunal  <jf  great  excellence  and  efficiency  and  small  c(jst.  He 
was  warmly  attached  to  the  church,  of  which  he  was  for  two  ex- 
tended periods  the  efficient  clerk.  His  memory  is  precious  to 
me  as  to  all  his  grandchildren. 

I  have  thus  givt)n  a  brief  account  <jf  the  founder  of  this 
church  and  his  children,  for  the  sake  of  their  many  descendants 
and  the  future  historian  of  the  chui'ch.  But  before  I  pass  to 
•jther  topics  I  wish  to  mention  one   of  his   grand-children. 

Mrs.  Martha  Hibbard  Wier,  daughter  of  Jedediah  L..  Rev. 
fledediah's  son,  "Uncle  Jed,"  as  I  just  rt'member  him.  Slu; 
was  born  Octoiier  1*J,  181(1.  at  the  old  original  home,  the  Lee 
[)lace,  and  died  in  1889,  wanting  a  few  wt'eks  only  of  being  \H) 
vears  old.  Soon  after  her  mother  died,  in  1S2S.  slu'  went  to  live 
with  lu'r  "Aunt  CMevidand,"  in  Royalton"  Not  satisfied  there, 
she  Wi'ut  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  in  midwinter  on  a  stage-coach;  wt>rked 
in  the  cotton  mills,  where  nearly  all  the  girls  wen'  native  Ameri- 
cans; in  two  or  three  years  she  marrit'd  James  Wier.  and  went 
to  western  Peiuisylvania.  and  never  saw  one  of  her  kindred  from 
\ho  day  slu'  left  "Aunt  Cleveland's"  till  she  came,  with  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Wilson,  to  my  home  in  1888,   n  pt'riod    of   sixty 


H 


—  54— 

years.  She  sat  looking  at  me  nearly  an  hour  without  saying  n 
word,  then  began  to  tell  uie  of  uiy  father  and  mother  as  she 
knew  them  before  their  marriage,  and  tlu^n  of  other  relatives  and 
the  old  residents  in  and  about  Abbott's  Corner.  And  thus  we 
visited  for  several  days,  and  from  her  I  learned  more  of  the  old 
times,  the  old  people  of  all  the  region  Uian  I  ever  knew  beside. 
She  made  the  iirrit  ])lan  of  the  old  meeting  hons<\  deseribed  the 
singers,  the  preachers,  the  customs,  etc.  She  had  the  most  re- 
markable  memory;  fall,  clear,  vivid  and  accurati'  of  any  person 
I  ever  knew.  After  the  death  of  her  husband,  and  the  marriage 
or  (h'atli  of  her  children,  she  lived  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Martha  Wier  Wilson,  of  Minneapolis. 


PERSONAL  SKETCHES. 


« 

^ 


Dr.  Jonas  Abbott  was  one  of  the  early  settlers,  and  a  great 
frii'nd  and  helfH^r  of  this  church,  though  not  a  member  of  it. 
He  was  either  the  originator  or  one  of  tlnMii.  of  the  first  Sunday 
scIkjoI  in  connection  v.'ith  the  church;  btjught  its  sup{)lies. — 
larijelv  verse  cards  for  the  children  in  learning  their  verses,  He 
lived  in  the  large  house,  known  in  my  day,  as  the  Injuie  of 
Chauncey  C.  Abbott,  his  grand-son.  whose  father,  Lieut.  C(il. 
Jonas  Abbott,  built  the  house  for  his  father,  the  doctor.  Th(? 
Colonel  lived  up  on  the  hill  near  the  old  meeting  house,  where 
Mason  Abbott  lived  many  years,  and  is  now  the  home  of  George 
Salisbury,  and  was  an  active  Sunday-school  man.  Col.  Abbott 
was  a  member  of  the  church,  and  very  intimate  with  Rev  Jede- 
diali  Hibbard's  family,  as  Mrs.  Wier  told  me.  He  died  A})ril  28, 
18;J4,  and  his  grave  is  near  the  center  of  the  parish  cemetery  at 
Frellghsburg. 

Dr.  Allen  Miner;  born  in  New  Hampshire  in  1760,  was  the 
father  of  Casper  and  Maro,  and  grandfather  of  Allen  Miner, 
Abbott's  Coiner's  present  merchant  and  postmaster.  He  was  an 
early  settler,  and  long  a  prominent  member  of  the  church; 
married  Sarah  Flint  and  had  seven  children.  For  years  he  was 
one  of  the  most  influential  and  highly  esteemed  citizens  of  that 
region.  Several  of  his  children  and  grand-children,  as  the  list 
ehowB,  were  members  of  the  church.     He    died    Mav  29,    184)3, 


oo 


rhtor.    Mrs, 


nirt'il  7<)    years.     His    wife,    Sarah    Flint   Miiu-r.   ilicil    July  17. 
iNlo.  Mfjed  4'')   yt'art'. 

Elias  Truax.  born  in  Albany.  N.  Y.,  July  1,  1772;  died  in 
Franklin.  Vt.,  February  4.  IS7-").  aged  102  yt>ars.  7  months; 
married  Anna  Whitman,  who  died  in  iSiJS,  a<^ed  (it)  years.  It 
Mas  in  his  home,  a  mile  north  of  Cook's  Corner,  or  St.  Armaiul 
Center,  that  Key.  Jedt-diah  and  his  family  spent  their  tirst  ni<^ht 
in  movin;"^  from  Leiianon  to  St.  Armand.  As  I  remember  him 
iie  was  a  lovely  Christiaji  man  aiid  of  remarkable  vitality. 

Rev.  William  (lalnsha.  born  July  "2,  1775:  dieil  about  ISoO. 
Probably  one  of  the  constituent  meud)ers.  was  licensed  to  preach 
:»Iay  24.  ISOb;  called  to  the  church  as  second  pastor,  July,  IS  10, 
and  iilled  the  office  for  iifte<>n  years.  He  lived  on  Deacon 
Roller  Hibbard's  •'u[)[)er  place,"  tlu'  Simeon  Whiiman  farm, 
durin<(  most  of  his  [wistorate.  or  till  Roswell.  Ro;j^er's  son. 
married  and  wanted  it  about  1S20.  He  lived  also  in  Franklin, 
nnd  attended  more  funerals,  probalsly.  tlian  any  other  man  in 
northern  Vermont.  He  was  strongly  opposed  to  the  Miller  tyiK* 
of  Secoiid  Adventism.  which  iixed  upon  A[iril  14,  1S4;},  as  tlie 
tiuu'  "when  the  world  would  come  to  an  end."'  as  they  styled  it. 
Ca[>t.  A.  Leland  Clalusha,  of  East  Franklin,  told  me  the  snow 
was  four  feet  (kH^[)  that  day.  and  he  was  comforted  because  the 
.^now  would  j»ut  out  the  tire.  I  was  ho[)eful  th<>  "Bowker."  or 
I'ike  river,  would  (]Uench  the  llamcii.  child  tliiit  1  was.  My 
brother,  S.  P.  and  I  failed  to  till  th(>  wood-box  and  cut  the 
turnips  for  the  calves,  as  the  coniin*^  end  of  the  world  made  it 
\uinecessary.  Ehh'r  Galusha  had  two  wives,  with  thirteen  child- 
ren by  the  tirst  and  six  hv  the  second  wife.  His  tirst  wife, 
{'Esther  Lawtt)n.  died  March  It.  LS2;).  aj^inl  4(5   yt'ars. 

Wesley  (Talusha.  his  S'.'coiid  chiM,  \vh  I)  »r!i  Jaly  l<».  170S; 
died  in  Sutton.  April  21.  l'->7'.>:  married  ]3a[>Iiiie  Tolman,  who 
<lied  February  22,  1S4S.  All  mv  b(t\l!ood  he  was  the  boot  and 
shoe  man  of  l•'reli^^hsV)ur^^  A  be;iuti!'d  siii^t  r.  :^iiti(l  in  [»rayer 
and  rennirk,  a  frecjuent  visitor  at  my  fatluTS.  He  ori^anized 
and  was  the  tirst  su[)erintendent  of  a  Sunday  school  in  East 
Franklin,  in  the  old  school  house,  up  where  the  road  turns  uj)  to 
the  Leonard  Ford,  now  John  Wilson,  farm.  He  was  a  frerjuent 
exhorter  in  early  christian  life,  and  leader  of  the  old  chiuvdi 
choir  for  years. 

The  Seotiehls    wer«'  numerous;    came   fr«im   Canaan    with   or 


—  so- 


soon  after  Rev.  Jedediah,  who  was  the  founder  and  j)nstor  of  the 
Canaan  church  before  coniin*^  to  Abbott's  Corner.  The  original.^ 
were  Capt.  John,  who  died  Jan.  2,  IS42,  aged  8()  years,  and 
Lydia  Chirk  Scofiekl,  who  died  April  1<S.  ism.  The'ir  chihhvn 
were  as  follows,  according  to  my  motlier's  family  record.  Sarah, 
born  in  1779:  Miriam  in  llHO,  John  Bunyan  in  I7sl,  Lucinda 
in  17S4,  James  in  1780,  Jessie  in  17S1),  Lydia  in  17U1,  Lewis  in 
171J1-,  and  Betsey  in  1797.  Of  most  of  these  I  know  little  or 
nothing.  John  B.  married  Welthyana  Basford  and  had  children 
Lorenzo  D.,  Julia  and  Olive,  and  lived  on  the  Lorenzo  farm. 
He  died  Se[)tember  21,  181-1-,  aged  3l-3  years.  His  wife  marrietl 
Nathan  Stevens  and  had  two  more  children,  Hiram  and  Paulina. 
She  died  December  24,  1804,  aged  82.  Lucinda  married  ]\[r. 
Tyler,  and  among  their  children  were  Major,  a  long  time  West 
Berkshire  merchant,  and  two  daughl(>rs,  Harriet.  Mrs.  Collier,  vt 
Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  and  Esther,  Mrs.  Phelps,  of  Stanbridge.  mem- 
bers of  the  old  choir.  James  married  Olive  Basford,  sister  of 
J.  B's  wife,  and  lived  on  the  Columbus  Scojield  farm.  Their 
children  were  Columbus,  who  g.'ive  in  18 10  the  land  for  this  brick 
meeting  house,  and  in  1858  ten  acres  (jf  valuable  huul  for  the 
parsonage  lot,  and  united  with  the  church  June  17,  187(),  died 
October  10,  1881,  aged  75.  I  remember  him  as  a  man  of  rare  in- 
tellectual ability  and  strength  of  character,  an  unhewn  boulder 
from  God's  quarry  of  good,  strong  men.  His  widow.  Mrs.  Ellis 
Deming  Scofiekl.  was  with  us  at  the  Centennial.  James'  other 
children  were  Marvin  G.,  father  of  our  associate  pastor.  Rev. 
Wellington  G.  Scotield,  of  Richford,  Vt.  He  died  August  <>. 
1841;  aged  89.  Also  Welthy,  Lydia,  J.  Mason,  near  whose 
home  in  Dunham  I  taught  my  first  school  in  1852-58,  John  B. 
and  Emeline.  Jesse,  for  some  years  a  deacon  of  this  church, 
married  Eliza  Martin,  wlio  nf+er  his  do.ith  maxiied  Robert  No'hle. 
of  East  Franklin,  Vt.,  and  died  September  24,  18(5(').  aged  72. 
Lydia,  my  maternal  grandmother,  married  first  Solomon  Baker, 
who  died  A[)ril  1828,  leaving  her,  my  mother  and  two  sons,  Henry 
drowned  in  1850,  and  Solomon  R.,  who  wnn  with  us  at  the  1881 
celebration,  and  died  Jan.  12,  18U1,  She  then  married  David  F. 
Car[)enter,  and  they  lived  for  years  in  the  brick  Innise  ilow  the 
home  of  Arnold  E.  Bridge  and  family.  She  died  July  2,  18r)0. 
and  he  Decemb«>r  27,  ISIiO.  His  chiUlren  by  a"* former  wife,  were 
one  son,  Edwin,  father  of  Mrs.  Deacon  Hanson  H.  Hibbard,  of 


o  < 


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[1.  Sarah, 
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,  Lewis  in 
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Collier,  (jf 
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Mrs.  Ellis 

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August   (*>. 

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John  B. 
IS  church. 
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Ml  Baki'r, 
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wife,  wt're 
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this  churcli.  now  of  Dunham,  also,  ^Irs.  Harvey  D.  Smith,  ^[rs. 
L'.ii'enzo  D.  ScoHcId  and  Mrs.  Chauncey  C.  Abbott,  all  of  whom, 
save  31rs.  Smith  of  this  church,  were  v.orthy  nieudjers.  and  with 
iheir  families,  pillars  for  years  of  the  Abbott's  Corner  Methodist 
(••iiircli.  Lewis  Scotleld  eungrated  to  '"UpixT  Canada"  in  early 
lit"',  and  Betsey  married  Joiin  Ingalls,  and  died  Octt^ber  L'}, 
is.")!.  Nearly  all  these  ScoHelds  were  UKMubers  of  this  church. 
Tae  Ayers  were  a  prominent  family  in  the  church,  though 
less  known  to  me.  I  am  indebted  t(^  Deacon  A.  A.  Ayer.  of 
Montreal,  for  the  facts.  The  family  originated  in  James,  born 
in  Enghuid  and  died  in  America.  His  son,  William  was  l)orn  in 
Haverhill,  Mass..  and  died  in  Plaisfow.  N.  H.  His  son  William, 
Jr..  was  born  in  Plaistow.  Mav.  174:3,  three  years  after  the  birth 
of  Rev.  Jrdediah.  and  died  in  St.  Armand.  Que.,  ^ilay  2;}rd, 
IS'JO.  His  children,  all  b(jrn  hert".  were  Mary,  in  177*).  and 
married  Danicd  Chandler,  the  fatln'r  of  Horace  M.  and  Harlow 
Chandler.  Jiunes.  older  than  Mary.  I  think  born  in  1.7(j^.  was 
the  father  of  our  Abbott's  C(jrner  James,  children  Henry,  my 
old  schoohnate  oiie  seasoii,  now  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  Abigail. 
Then  there  was  Bela.  v>-;io  lived  in  a  s(|uare  house,  a  little  e;!st  of 
the  Geo.  W.  Ayer  place,  on  tlu'  Frelighsburg  road;  born  in  17<S;3, 
find  father  (jf  Mrs.  Geo.  W..  and  grandfather  of  Albert  A.,  of 
I\l()ntre;d.  Al)igail,  bcjrn  in  17SS;  married  Henry  Baker,  who 
used  to  live  west  of  Frelij^hsburg  in  that  big  half  brick  and 
half  stone  house,  a  most  hos[)itable  home.  Then  there  was  a 
John.  '*  Uncle  John,"  as  he  was  known,  of  Stanbridge.  Also 
Daniel,  born  about  177t').  whose  children  were  Zoa,  born  in  lS()2, 
and  married  Deacon  Isaac  Jan(>s:  John,  who  went  to  Texas,  a 
daughter.  Mrs.  Boondiower.  whose  descendants  live  in  Platts- 
burj;,  N.  Y.:  another,  Mv^.  C.  Tree,  ;;f  Striubiidge,  ilu-n  George 
\V..  Albert  A's  father,  and  Daniel,  who  went  to  Massachusetts 
and  l)uilt  "  Ayer  City,"  near  Lijwell,  and  one  or  two  otiiers  who 
died  voun-'.  Bela  Aver,  al)t)ve  menticnied.  married  Susan 
Rogers,  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Rogers,  burned  at  the  stake 
in  England  for  his  faith,  and  allied  to  the  Roger  Williams  fam- 
ily, the  founder  of  Providence,  R.  I.  J^(jth  were  lifelong  mem- 
hers  of  this  church,  and  nil  their  children  became  ]3a[)tists. 
They  were  Mary,  Mrs.  Geo.  W.,  and  an  octogenarian  and  with 
us  at  the  Centennial,  living  now  with  her  son,  Deacon  Albert  A., 
in  ^Montreal:  William,  of  Berkshire,  whose  two  sons  are  now   in 


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Richford;  Roger,  who  went  to  Minnesotn,  niul  Horace,  of  Loili, 
Wisconsin. 

Deacon  Isaac  Janes,  so  many  years  a  pillar  in  tliis  church, 
all  of  whose  nine  children  followed  their  parents  into  the  church. 
He  was  born  in  Berkshire,  Vt.,  October  It),  1804;  married  Zoa 
Ayer,  December,  1820,  and  both  united  with  this  church  soon 
after.  He  died  September  '2,  1882,  one  of  tlie  most  quiet  ex- 
emplary and  faithful  Christian  men  I  ever  knew.  Of  his  child- 
ren, Horace,  my  school  '•  chum"  at  Fairfax,  a  very  bri<^ht  and 
l)romising  young  man,  died  in  Beloit.  Wis..  March  22,  18()(). 
Newton  lives  in  Richford;  Addison  in  Berkley,  California,  while 
AdehvVtle  died  February  4,  1887,  leaving  several  chililnii  in  Berk- 
shire, and  Pruella,  now  Mrs.  C,  T.  Maynard,  of  Bakersfield,  Vt. 
Deacon  James'  was  a  fine  family,  but  afflicted  with  fatal  tubercu- 
losis, and  several  of  his  children  died  of  it. 

Rev.  Arnold  L.  Arms,  for  so  many  years  the  faithful,  patient 
pastor  and  historian  of  the  church,  was  born  in  St.  Armand, 
Que.,  Nov.  11,  1822;  son  of  Wdliam,  a  Vemionter,  and  Abigail 
Woodworth  Arms,  of  New  Hampshire.  He  was  converted  in 
1838,  baptized  into  the  Richford  church  by  Rev.  William 
Rogers,  its  pastor,  August  11.  1831);  licensed  to  [)reach  De- 
cember, 1850;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  Enosburg, 
Bakerstield  and  Derby  academies.  In  my  boyhood  he  was 
widely  known  as  one  of  the  very  best  teachers  in  all  that  region. 
He  married  Maria  Ruey  Hurlbut,  Nov.  8,  1848.  Th'^y  had  two 
children — a  son  and  daughter;  the  latter  died,  aged  It)  years. 
He  was  ordained  in  Richford,  February  17,  1853.  He  has  as- 
sisted in  !)rdaining  some  fifteeti  other  pastors,  k  rare  record,  and 
helped  settle  not  a  few  church  troubles  and  other  public  work, 
and  has  preached  in  all  the  towns  about,  acting  as  pastor  in 
Richford,  Montgomery  tmd  Berkshire,  Vt.,  Potton,  Sutton  Flats, 
and  this  church  in  Canada.  His  pastorate  here  covers  about 
thirty  years,  and  has  been  fruitful  of  very  mucli  good.  He  has 
spent  nearly  his  entire  life  near  the  place  of  his  birth  in  the 
southeast  corner  of  St.  Armand  East  near  the  Richford  line.  His 
Canadian  records  are  as  follows:  Marriages  231;  ba[)tisms  185; 
funerals  20t);  birth  records  203.  And  all  these  years  he  lived  on 
and  managed  his  farm.  Venerable  in  years  and  service;  loved 
and  honored  by  all,  he  was  with  us  at  the  Centennial,  a  "shock 
of  corn,"  ripe  for  the  garner  of  his  Lord. 


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Rev.  Wellington  G.  Seofield,  nssoeinte  pastor  of  the  church, 
was  Vjorn  in  Sutton.  Que.,  March  12,  1S89,  and  liis  father, 
Marvin,  died  when  he  was  a  year  and  n  half  old.  His  mother, 
Laura  Parker,  two  years  later  married  Seth  Westover.  with  whom 
W.  G,  spent  his  minijritv.  He  was  converted  while  attendiiiir 
the  New  Hampton  Institution  at  Fairfax.  Vt.,  I)a[)tized  into  this 
church  by  jiastor  Rev.  Abrain  Bedell,  March  17,  iS^Wi,  and  tor 
twenty  years  he  served  it  as  Sunday-school  superintendent,  clerk, 
c(jllector.  treasurer,  chorister  and  deacon,  a  service  of  inestimable 
vjilue  to  the  church,  and  of  great  value  in  training  him  for  future 
influ(Mice.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  18S3,  and  ordained  to 
the  ministry  June  24,  iSSo;  accepted  a  call  to  the  [)astorate  of 
the  Bfiptist  church  in  Richford,  Vt.,  began  his  work  there  Sept. 
1st,  I'SHC),  and  has  during  those  nearly  fifteen  years,  proved  him- 
self a  workman  that  needeth  not  to  be  ashamed.  He  married 
Miss  Mary  Margaret  Ingalls,  and  of  their  children,  only  one, 
Bertha,  wife  of  Prof.  A.  E.  Masse,  of  the  Grand  Ligne  Mission, 
survives.  Her  beautiful  Centennial  poem  appears  elsewhere  in 
these  pages.  His  daughter  Mary,  who  died  several  years  ago, 
was  the  wife  of  Prof.  H.  Wade  Hibbard,  second  son  of  Rev. 
Charles  Hibbard.  and  now  Principal  of  the  new  Post-Graduate 
school  of  Railroad  ^Engineering  of  CornellUniversity,  Ithaca,  N.Y. 

Rev.  Charles  Hibbard.  youngest  son  of  Nathaniel,  and  grand- 
son of  Rev.  Jedediah,  was  born  near  Abbott's  Corner,  Dec.  21, 
1828;  entered  Worcester  Academy,  Mass.,  in  1843;  in  three 
years  fitted  for  college.  Entered  Brown  University; had  14,  Hojjc 
College,  a  room  subsequently  occupied  by  his  two  sons,  Dr.  Na- 
tlinnic!,  of  Provideiue,  ami  Prof.  H.  Wade,  of  Corned.  Gradu- 
ated in  1850;  at  Rochester  Theological  Seminary  same  year; 
graduated  Juiu\  1852;  married  Susan  A.  Rol)inson,  of  Provi- 
dence, July  27:  ordained  Sept.  14,  and  sailed  for  Burma,  as  a 
missionary,  Sept.  18,  1852  in  ship  "Edward;"  returned  from 
Burma,  June  8,  18r)().  Was  several  years  a  successful  pastor  in 
Chester,  Vt..  then  in  Vergennes  and  Middlebury,  building  up 
two  new  and  weak  churches.  His  failing  health  compelled  him 
to  retire.  He  died  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  Sept.  80,  1887,  and  his 
remains  lie  in  the  Abbott's  Corner  cemetery,  by  his  own  re(|uest. 
He  was  not  a  great  man.  as  the  busy  world  measures  greatness; 
but  he  was  a  zealous,  faithful  Christian  and  pastor,  and  one  of 
the  best  and  truest  men  I  ever  knew:     All  loved  him. 


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I  want  to  sny  a  word  of  my  father.  Deacon  Caspir  13.,  an 
elder  brother  of  Charles;  J)orn  Dee.  2*.),  ISOS;  converted  in  Nov., 
1S30;  elected  Deaccni  in  1S4;5,  and  served  till  his  death.  He 
married  Eleanor  M.  Baker,  April  -1,  ls;]'i.  and  they  had  lliree 
children,  L(>wis  B.,  Salmon  P.,  and  Mrs.  Lydia  II.  Pomeroy,  who 
died  in  Franklin,  Vt.,  Jan.  2'.>,  1ST8,  Of  his  attachment  de- 
votion and  service  to  this  church,  it  is  not  mine  to  write.  ]My 
mother  died  Nov.  7,  ISC)?,  and  inv  father  Julv  7,  \SX~).  and  their 
j]fraves  are  in  the  beautiful  cemetery  at  East  Franklin,  Vt.  Our 
lifelong  lujuie  was  on  "  Whitney  Hill."  two  miles  south  of 
Frelighsburg,  now  owned  by  T.  (x,  Campbidl. 


NOTES  OF  SPEAKERS  AND  OTHERS. 


Rev.  Jose[)h  Gr.  Lorimer,  of  Georgia,  Vt.,  my  classmate  at 
Fairfax,  ^^as  born  at  Beebe  Plain,  Que.,  Feb.  -k  IS;};-).  His 
parents  were  natives  of  Scotland,  and  deeply  religions:  converted 
while  at  the  Derby  Academy  in  1S4.S;  baptized  May  P.*.  ls!'.»: 
licensed  to  jyreach  in  IS.j-I;  entered  the  New  Hampton  Institu- 
tion at  Fairfax  in  lsr>.5;  graduated  from  the  theological  de[>art- 
ment  July,  1S()1,  and  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Din-by.  Vt,, 
Baptist  church,  October  of  the  same  year;  married  Almira  A. 
Hale,  Se[)t.  H.  ISO'J,  and  became  pa.stor  of  the  Georgia  IMrdn 
Baptist  church,  Jan.  1,  1S77.  Let  me  add  that  Bro.  Lorimer 
was  the  model  Christian  student  in  all  his  schooldays,  as  tlie 
faithful  pastor  since. 

Rev.  Edwin  Pre)uty,  of  Franklin,  Vt.,  is  very  dear  to  my 
heart,  as  I  was  converted  under  his  preaching.  He  was  born  in 
that  town,  Dec.  llth,  1^20;  converied  Nuv,  13,  ISI-JS,  at  ^:Hi)  p. 
m.  in  a  revival  meeting  in  the  old  Olmstead  schoolhouse  which 
stood  very  near  the  present  brick  one  at  East  Franklin;  was 
ba[)tized  by  inmiersion.  May  12,  iSHlt.  and  united  with  the  church 
in  1S4(),  [)romising  God  he  would  always  speak  for  t^hrist  when 
op{)ortunity  otVered.  Married  Mary  A.  Stimson,  graml-daughter 
of  Deacon  Roger  Hibbard,  May  11,  Isil,  and  they  set  up  the 
family  altar  of  prayer  the  day  of  their  marriage,  and  it  was 
never  taken  dowji,  and  onutted  but  twice  during  all  their  married 
lives,  when  he  was  at  hom(\  She  died  May  10,  181M).  He  was 
licensed   to    preach    Nov.   2."),    ISol,    and    served    as   a    lay  loca  1 


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proaclu'V  till  ^ray  '_!•").  IS.")*),  whcir  lie  wns  oiw.'iun  !.'.•(,..  a, 
Saratot^'a.  N.  Y..  and  thi'ii  ordained  Elder  at  Moiit|udi('r,  April 
22,  ISJit).  One  year  lie  tilled  tlie  nj)|)oinlineiit  at  (ieory^ia  and 
North  Fairfax,  inakin*^  tlie  round  trip  of  70  miles  from  his 
Fra.nklin  farm  and  nev(>r  missed  a  Sunday.  He  has  held  mei't- 
int^s  with  cojiversions  in  prol)a])ly  every  town  within  a  radius  of 
fifty  mi!(s  of  his  honje.  mostly  <:fratuitons  work.  That  tirst 
school-house  revisal,  on  Whifm^y  Hill,  in  ISo'i.  in  whieh  T  was 
converted,  was  a  tyju'  of  all  his  work  -his  converts  held  t)at.  and 
lu'aven  only  knows  how  many  hundri'ds  of  convt-rsions  have  re- 
sulted from  his  labors.  His  life  and  work  should  i'e  written  to 
sliow  what  a  <r()(llv  consecrated  farmer  can  do.  'J'here  is  no  worldlv 
wise.  s[)irituality  enervfitiuf^  new  theolojL^y  or  hi>^lier  criticism  in 
his  |;reachii;<.,'.  hut  tlie  word  of  God  just  as  he  found  it  in  the 
Bible,  and  the  Cicjd  of  tlie  bible  honored  li's  faitli  and  labors  in 
salvation  of  men. 

Deacon  All.'ert  A.  Ayer.  of  ]\iontreal.  wa.s  born  at  the  (leo, 
W.  Aver  houiesie?  d:  married  C'arrie  R.,  daui'hter  of  .lolmson 
and  jSlary  Ann  Hibbard.  Sei)t.  '.>.  ]8()7.  tliev  lia.ve  livid  all  these 
Years  in  I\Iontrea.l.  Both  v.ere  nu-mbers  (jf  this  church,  as  will 
be  seen  from  the  list.  They  tirst  joined  tlu^  old  First  Baptist 
(dmrch:  was  elected  a  deacon  v.h.en  oidy  2H  years  old  They 
went  with  the  eiirhtv  who  swarmed  from  tlie  old  First  and  fornu'd 
the  "Olivet,"  of  which  he  has  been  a  deacoii  from  the  first.  He 
has  been  secretary,  treasur(>r  and  pnsident  of  tlie  Missionary 
Convention,  over  twentv  vears  one  of  the  (Iranil  Lii^ne  iTission 
Directors,  S(jme  yi>  irs  ju'esident  of  its  bostrd  and  now  Chairnnui 
of  its  PlxiM'utive  Committt'i>.  In  business  mailers  he  has  biM-n 
(lurini^  all  his  Montreal  life  in  the  butter  and  clu-.'se  trade.  Ea.rly 
became  an  exporter,  and  his  firm.  I  suppoH<\  is  now  the  lari^'esl 
of  the  kind  in  tin'  Dominion.  He  is  [;resident  of  tiie  lai'i^e 
Merchants'  Cotton  (N>.,  the  Laurie  Engine  Co..  the  Lajirairie 
Brick  Co..  the  Whilham  Shoe  Co. 

Deacon  Salmon  P.  Hibbard.  mv  oidv  brother,  passed  Ids 
youth  on  our  home  farm:  was  converted  with  me  und<'r  Jvlwin 
Prouty's  [ireaching;  united  with  this  church;  went  to  Bostoji.  in 
iSC).'}.  United  tirst  with  the  L'remont  Tem[tle  cluirch.  with  Justin 
D.  Fult(jn,  pastor;  in  ISO'.I  went  to  the  Chireiuhjn  Street  Church, 
the  late  A.  J.  (Jt)rdon,  pastor;  has  been  for  snany  veai's  one  of 
its  deacons;  was  itrominent  in  Y.  A[.  C.  A.  work  for  manv  ^ears; 


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on  the  board  of  niaufs^^tTS  oi  tlu' Ni'wtou  TlieoloLfical  Insfitutioii; 
Ode  or  two  tcruis  l^ri-.sidrnt  Bost(Ui  Baptist  S>)cial  Union:  in  the 
city  council;  one  of  Di .  (ior(h)n"s  ri«jfht  hand  n>en  in  liis  varied 
evangelical  enter|)ri8eH.  Has  l)een  in  the  butter,  cheese  and  bean 
trade  all  his  Boston  life;  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  iheCliicaj'o, 
Ntnv  York  &  Boston  Refrigerator  Co.,  ovvnin<^,  buildinif  and 
operating  lines  of  refrigerator  cars,  and  I  know  not  what  other 
similar  enterprises.  He  married  Harriet  iSturtevant  in  IHIJS, 
and  they  have  always  lived  in  Boston. 

Rev.  Whitney  P.  Stanley,  [)astor  of  the  Mr'thodist  church  in 
West  Berkshire,  Vt.,  is  a  great-great  grandson  of  Rev.  Jedediah. 
His  mother,  Mary  J.  Hibbard  Stanley,  was  a  daughter  of  Jesse, 
and  grand-daughter  of  Deacon  Roger.  Rev.  Mr.  Stanley  was 
born  in  Franklin,  Vt.,  March  12,  IHIJI.  Educated  at  the  Mont- 
j)elier  Seminary,  and  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Conn.; 
married  Carrie  M.  Allen,  of  Enosburg,  Si'[)t.  2(>,  181)4,  and  has 
been  n  successful  pastor  at  Johnson,  Swanton  and  West  Berk- 
shire. He  is  a  young  man  of  ability  and  promise,  a  worthy  de- 
scendant of  the  founder  of  this  church,  though  never  connected 
with  the  church. 

Omri  Ford  Hibbard,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  was  not  called  upon 
to  speak,  but  he  was  at  the  Centennial.  He  is  the  oldest  son  of 
the  late  Capt.  Edward  L.,  who  was  a  son  of  Jesse,  and  grand-son 
of  Roger.  Omri  F.,  was  born  in  East  Franklin,  Vt.,  July  11. 
18G1;  fitted  for  college  at  Goddard  and  Williston;  graduated  at 
Harvard  University  in  1884,  and  the  Law  school  in  188(5,  and 
established  himself  in  New  York  city,  where  he  has  a  large  and 
successful  practice.  He  is  a  vestryman  in  an  Episcopal  church 
in  the  city  of  his  residence,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Though  never  a 
member  of  this  church,  he  was  and  is  apparently  as  interested  in 
its  history  and  its  success  as  any  of  its  children,  and  none  en- 
tered moye  heartily  into  the  spirit  of  the  Centeimial  than  he, 
though  only  a  silent  listener  that  day. 

Mrs.  Eleanor  M.  Hibbard  Truax,  of  Franklin,  one  of  my 
father's  sisters  and  Rev.  Jedediah 's  only  grandchild  present,  was 
born  in  St.  Armand,  Feb.  18,  1819;  baptized  into  this  church 
Nov.,  1839;  married  Elias  Truax,  Jr.,  April  4,  1852,  and  has 
since  lived  in  Franklin.  She  remembers  the  old  church,  and  told 
me  where  her  father,  Nathaniel's  two  pews  were.  She  was  a 
successful  school-teacher  for  some  years  before  her  marriage.  I 
was  a  pupil  in  her  first  and  last  school. 


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Mrs.  Mnrv  Aim.  and  Mrs.  Susnu  A.  R.  Hiblmrd,  widow.s  of 
two  of  Rev.  Jt'dcdinh's  j^rand-sous,  viz:  B.  Joliiisoii,  of  Ab- 
bott's CoriuT,  and  Rev.  Charles  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  sons  of 
Nathaniel,  were  pn^sent  also  »it  the  C«Mjtennial.  "Annt  Mary 
Ann"  unitetl  with  the  eluneh  by  baptism  tiie  same  day  as  njy 
father,  Nov.,  1<S;J1).  "Annt  Snsan"  was  never  a  meud)er  of  this 
chnrch,  thonjijh  ''Uncle  Charles"  was  converted  here;  Imptized 
into  tliis  church  and  is  buried  in  your  beautiful  cemetery. 

B.  Johnson  Hibbard,  a  youn<^<'r  brother  of  my  father,  died 
June  13,  1871;  his  widow  was  with  ns  at  the  Centennial,  and  his 
oldest  son,  Hanson  H..  has  been  for  many  years  a  deacon  of  this 
church.  He  "never  wanted  any  office  in  church  or  state,  only  to 
know  and  do  his  duty  towaril  God  and  his  fellow  men.  He  was 
one  of  the  meek  of  the  earth  who  bear  its  burcU-ns  without  com- 
plaint.     Wouhl  to  God  there  wi-re  mori'  such. 

There  are  many  older  meudjers  and  friends  of  this  church  of 
whom  I  wanted  to  make  luAv,  but  I  know  n(jthin<^  about,  especi- 
ally such  men  as  Rev.  Homer  and  Johnson  Snuth,  Jonathan 
Stickney,  Casper  Miner  and  many  others.  I  just  remember  the 
elder,  Simeon  Whitman,  who  had  the  square  [)ew  in  this  house, 
now  the  choir  iilatform,  built  esi)ecially  for  his  use,  after  the  style 


brought  over  from  England  by  the  Puritans,  nnd  found  in  Jiearly 
all  the  old  meeting  houses  in  New  Englanil.  Then  outsiders,  as 
Harvey  D.,  son  of  pastor  Homer  Suulh;  David  Sunth,  that 
"sweet  singer,"  and  the  leader  of  the  choir,  wi^h  Reuben,  his 
brother:  the  Chandler  "vouuir  folks;"  Emma  ami  Martha; 
daughters  of  Jesse  Hibbard,  and  others  whom  I  do  not  re- 
member of  that  choir  of  my  boyhood  fifty  years  ago.  I  would 
like  to  write  of  them  all,  and  more  besides. 

REV.  JEDEDIAH^S  DESCENDANTS, 

The  following  is  a  list,  so  far  as  I  could  remember  or  get 
them,  of  his  deseendnnts  who  were  [)resent  at  the  Centennial, 
Sept.  (),  1891).  I  give  the  descendants  of  each  of  his  children  in 
their  order,  beginning  with  his  oldest. 

ROGER. 

Mary,  Roger's  oldest  child,  was  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Rev. 
Edwin  Prouty,  whoso  (biughter,  Florinda,  Mrs.  Asa  Wilson,  and 
perhaps  one  of  hn'  '  vn,    I    think,    were    there   from    East 

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(liin<;Iit('r.  Mr:^.  Knmi.i  H. Siuilli,  HiT.Ult'ixii-o.  \'t.,  Imt  s'-Ucr.  .Mrs. 
]\rarll:;'.  IT,  Ilnz'/iud.  Si,  Ailxuis.  \'l..  luid  licr  (Iniiiflilcr.  Mrs. 
!Miirtha  Brill  mikI  liiisluiiul.  Friinkliu:  C'jspl.  I'Mlwdul  1^.  TliM-rird's 
widow.  ]\r.rs.  Cii.'irlottf  F..  Fraiddiii.  Vt..  niid  t'.H-ir  sen.  Omri  F., 
of  X«'\v  York  city,  nnd  liis  dauLfhtcr.  Justina.  Tlicti  .Mrs.  .^^ary 
Jane  Sifiiily  and  liiisl;aiid.  Pliilo  H.  Fraiddiii.  Ilicir  sou  ]  •' ii  l.i.rtl 
Sfnidy,  wife  find  foii  Holiart:  also  son  Kcv.  Wliidiiaii  T'.  Slaidv, 
v.ifc  and  dauijlitiT  Marjorii'  West  TJorksljir*':  also  .Mrs,  Lydia  P., 
Wliitniaii  Iiil)l)ar<r.s  widow, 

Philuni  Ro<,^('r"s  ik'xI  child  married  John  K,  Whilni-y.  of 
Frankiii).  Her  (hu!ii;liter.  Mrs,  Helen  Holden.  St.  Arniand  Center, 
and  her  two  sons.  Homer  and  Ed^ar.  Then  John  L,  Whitney 
and  wife,  of  Rtcld'ord.  Also  Ca[)t.  Orloil"  H.  ^Vhitney's  (wlio 
died  June  2.  1S(');5.  in  the  Union  arniv).  only  dan.%diter  H"len. 
A[rs.  Col.  Olin  Merrill.  Enoslniro-  Falls,  Also  Heheeca  Whitney 
Ford's  i^rand-dau<;'hter,  Marion  Ct.,  Richford.  Vt. 

Olive  Porter,  Roj^er's  youn;,rest  dan^hter.  wife  of  Harlow 
Chandler:  her  son.  Malcolm  L.  Chandler.  St.  Albans,  and  Wini- 
fred C,  danirhti'r  of  Mary  Chandler  Inindls.  Enosbnr-r  Falls.  Vt. 

Jli;DEI)I.\H  L. 

Was  Rey,  Jedediali's  sixth  child,  and  Ids  G^reat  <^randson.  Eliel 
Wilson,  of  Minneapolis,  a  student  in  the  I\I.innesota  State  Fni- 
vTTsity  went  with  me  to  the  Centennial,  a  journey  of  1,100  nules 
for  that  day;  a  grand-sou  of  Mrs.  Wier. 

SARAH    H,  .lEXNE, 

wife  of  Dr.  Gilbert  Jenne,  was  re[)resented  by  lu^r  grandson, 
Norman  Jenne,  of  Freliglisburg,  and  also  Sim[)son  Jenne,  of 
Berkshire,  Vt. 

NATHANIEL 

was  Rey.  Jedediali's  youngest  child  and  my  grandfather.  Of 
his  children,  Eleanor  H.  Tructx,  Fraidilin.  was  the  oidy  grand- 
child pres(uit.  Mary  Ann,  widow  f)f  his  son,  Johnson,  and 
Susan,  widow  of  his  son  Rey.  Charles,  were  there. 

Nathaniel's  son,  Casper  B..  had  two  sons,  Lewis  B..FIighlan(l 
Park,  111.,  and  Salmon  P.,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  the  two  children  of 
his  daugther,  Lydia  H.  Pomeroy,  Franklin,  Vt.,  Luna  and  Hib- 
bard,  with  their  father.  George  E.  Pomeroy. 

Nathaniel's  son,   Johnson,   had    his   widow,    Mary  Ann;    his 


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oldest  Hoii,  D'ncou  Hanson  TI..  wife  and  daui^htor  Grnco.  of 
Duiilinm,  Que:  }>Iyh.  Hattic  TI.  Campbell,  witli  her  son  William, 
St.,  Armatid.  Then  his  voiuiijer  (lan«;liter.  ^Ers.  Carrie  H.  Aver. 
and  her  husband.  Deacon  All»ert  A.,  with  their  daughter  (Irace, 
of  Montreal,  Que.  Also  Johnson's  youngest  son  William  P. 
Hibbard  and  wif«',  Abbott's  Corner. 

Nathaniel's  daughter.  Arabella  H.  Traey,  had  her  only 
daughter,  Mrs.  Ella  T.  Wood,  of  East  St.  Johnsbury.  Vt.;  also 
one  son,  Harvey  Traey  and  wife,  Abbott's  Cornier. 

This  list  is  im[)erfeet,  but  it  is  the  best  I  could  do  a  thousand 
miles  awny.  I  wish  any  one  who  tinds  ern^rs  would  send  me 
corrections  at  once. 


CONCLUDING  NOTES. 


I  am  sorry  to  find,  as  I  look  over  the  sixty  and  more  [)i:gi'S 
already  printed,  some  errors  too  late  for  correction.  The  names 
were  sot  and  stereotyi)ed  in  Chicago,  hence  some  errors  there. 

I  am  sorry,  also,  that  some  to  whom  I  wrote  for  information, 
did  not  rejily.  For  exam[)le,  I  wrote  to  the  rector  of  the  [jarish 
church  in  Frelighsburg,  enclosing  a  stauiped  envelop  for  re[)ly, 
but  not  a  line  came.  I»lrs.  Wier  thought  her  father,  Jedediah 
L.,  united  with  the  parish  church;   I  asktd   the  rcct(^r  to  tell  me, 

Mrs.  Wier  told  me  many  things  of  the  old -times  people, 
customs,  etc.  One  that  Rev.  Jedediah  took  up  large  tracts  of 
land  on  "Dunn's  Patten,"  which  sold  at  a  good  j)rofit,  and  so 
gave  each  of  his  children  a  farm,  or  a  good  "setting  out."  Ho 
wrote  a  very  clear,  round  hand,  and  was  a  great  student.  Tho 
family  was  very  strict  observers  of  Sunday;  no  cooking  or  even 
washing  dishes,  so  her  "Aunt  Patty"  Cleveland  told  lier.  He 
^  i  a  journal,  in  which  the  passing  events  were  recordeil;  he 
led  it  his  "Register."  and  Mrs.  Cleveland  took  it.  The  Sco- 
lds, she  also  said,  were  high  up  socially;  they,  the  Abbotts 
(d  Rev.  Jedediah's  children  were  very  intimate,  and  most  of  the 
men  were  Free  Masons.  She  remembered  her  mother  going  uj) 
with  her  to  the  Sunday  school  in  the  old  school-house  at  3 
o'clock  p.  ni.  all  summer  in  1818.  Said  everybody  loved  Deacon 
Roger;  h'      as  so  good  a  man.     Jedediah's   oldest  child,    Mary, 


his 


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lunrrled  Nat  Clintrt'e,  who  kt-pt  n  hotfl  jnst  across  tlio  ''Lino/' 
south  of  the  Loronzo  D.  Scoficld  plnot*.  After  his  death  she 
marrit'd  Mr.  Stinison.  and  their  (hm<fhler  was  the  wife  of  Rev. 
Edwin  Prouty.  ller  son  Charh's  Stiuison.  hnnted  nu'  u[)  and 
niacK'  himself  known,  when  I  was  General  Manaj^rr  of  the  Mln- 
neaptjlis  Kx[)osition  in  ISSJ).  Ah  a  pieee  of  j)ersonal  vanity,  for 
the  entertainnu'ut  of  my  friends,  let  me  say  that  Exijosition  was 
o[>en  six  weeks;  our  gate  reeei[)ts  were  nearly  §S'.M)()U — and  we 
elosed  with  a  net  [)rofi(,  after  paying  every  cent  of  ex[)ense,  of 
over  821,000.  Of  this  money,  I  made  over  S2,N00  one  .Saturday 
evening  with  a  double  "Exposition  Wedding."  with  ahout]'20.000 
guests,  and  my  exhibitors  gave  m«'  a  tine  gold  wateh  and  chain 
costing  S250. 

The  early  ministers  wore  a  surplie<'  as  Mr.  Wier  remembered 
them,  very  like  the  Episcopal  clergy. 

When  the  choir  sang  one  verse,  the  udnister  "lined  olf," 
that  is.  read  the  tirst  line  of  the  next  verse,  ami  so  on  through 
the  hymn.  There  were  two  hymns  before  the  sermon,  and  one 
after  it. 

Rev.  Charles  Hibbard  had,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  the 
Bible  used  for  many  years  l)y  Rev.  Jedediah.  and  it  traveled 
hundreds  of  miles  in  his  knapsack  on  his  missio  .ary  tours 
through  central  and  northern  Vermont  and  Canada,  as  well  as 
New  Hampshire. 

George  Salisbury,  who  now  owns  tiie  Mason  Abbott  farm 
where  the  old  meeting-house  stood,  plowed  up  soui"  of  the  brick 
from  its  chimney  and  gave  me  n  })iece.  the  day  after  tin'  Cen- 
tennial, 

Finally,  brethren  and  friends,  farewell.     "God  be  with  you 


till  we  meet  airain. 


LEWIS  13.  HIBBARD. 


HuiULANu  Park.  111.,  June  11,  lUOO. 


—  in 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 


,()U 


In  litter  yi'Mi-s  1)  mc.-nis  hjiptisni.  d  died.  rtc.  [  wislifd  I 
jpvo  tlu-  lini',^  of  flic  drnth  could  I  sivurt'  tii.'  cxru-t  dates,  hut  to 
iV.uiidsotVw  that  the  nlteuij)!  was  alwudoiied.  save  f(.r  .som(>  of 
the  earlier  asid  nion*  proniiiieut  nii'nd)ers.  as  well  as  thos(>  (jf 
later  years,  so  far  as  I  know  the  time  (jf  death,  the  year  only 
heini,' .riven,  thus.  '-Haima  Harris.  IS^T.  »)."),"  means"  that  she 
died  durino-  that    year  and  was  Tio  years  old. 

I  am  prej-arini,'  a  manuseript  vcjliune  of  the  eidire  ••  List  of 
Mem))ers;"  with  the  exact  dat.'  of  I)ap(ism.  marrinijo,  death  and 
other  historical  data,  so  far  as  I  can  secure  it.  for  the  use  of  the 
H  Htorian  and  JCditor  at  the  Second  (V'liti'nnial  in  IKU'J, 

THi;:    ••  OHIUINAL    SliVEN." 

1  have  speii!  jnucli  time  and  s(»me  corres[>ondence  tryin<'  to 
learn  who  weiv  (he  (.ri,i,'inal  seven  c(.nstiluent  mend)er.s'  of^thi' 
church.  Pastor  Hil)l)ard  had  hern  on  \ho  field  about  two  years 
before  the  clM-reh  was  or^'aidzed.  and  there  were,  of  ccMirse. 
many  more  than  se\en  Haptists  in  all  this  communitv  at  that 
tinu>.  thou--h  only  seviMi  happened  to  be  present  on  t!ie  day  of 
()r<rani>:ation.  As  ne.ir  as  I  can  learn  and  -^riu'ss."  the  ori-^inal 
seven  were:  " 


Uev.  .iL'tlfdi.ili  lliiiliiinl.  Ai  tinul'a.-tnr. 

I»('a.    W«>„'.T   llil.lini-.l. 

U"v.  Wiiliiiin  lJ(»;,'i'r.s. 

i'liiis  Triiiix. 

I>r.   .Mil  n  .Miner. 

iv'i'V.  WilPllil  (JiiiiisliH. 

Williinii  .}.   Aver. 


171M1  1S20. 
.Iiiincs   Ayer.   Sr.,    l^.".(i,   S7. 
'riiiiiiiii>(  .\riiis. 
Mrs.   Mil ri 111)  Arms. 
V.'llliaiii    .\riiis. 
WiMi;M;i   .J.   Ay.T.    lSi;t. 
.Mr.s,   S;tr:ili   CIiikIw;,!;   .VvtT.    ISIli 
Mol-i    AytT.    1.SIL'. 
Mis.  Siisiituiiili   .Vycr,   IKi'.i;, 
Johii   .\vt'r. 
Mrs.   Mcrtlihi   Ay.  r. 
Airiitsii   .\iistlli. 
Mrs.    Iliun'illi   .Viistlli. 


<"!.    .I;'!i;!s    Al.lmit.    IH.'fJ,    «H.       'f->-^-)^*'f^Tj 

Mrs.  .Mary  Alx.tt.  1S«4.    -LIa^-        ^  ■'^■^'^ 

iiy.v.  .M.    nuiiAi.v.  jL^->-^    '^i  \ 

Mrs.   Cliirihsu   liritiilii. 

S.iimn'l    l!ri<l!,'i'.   Sr  .   1.^.4!»    ,•-•! 

Mr.s.    M:iry    UvU]^r.    I.s;;:;    ,;:!, 

i!<-za!fi-l  l;r;<iuf 

Kcsi'iia   !;:irl.>T. 

Mary  l{iir!),M'. 

Aiiiiis   linrbcr. 

•JllStliS     I'.illiliL'S. 

Jt»i'!    Ilradford. 

Mr.s.   Try|.;.,.!.a    I!r)i.lf.)r(I. 

Ilnsi'a   Mradinrd. 

A.-ia    liraiifdid. 

Tryi)liciia    Uu/m-U. 

Salira   nisliop 

iJciir).'.'  I'.Ldiu|i. 

•Mis    ."^  'sni.f.ali   l!:sli(ii(, 

.'•dm  r.akcr. 

i;i.v    niiKley. 


4  I 


-68  — 


k 


I 

t 

V 

% 


jlA^. 


^?:^' 
\^.. 


John  Blake. 

Mrs.  Kxperience  Blake. 

Otis  W.  Buab. 

John  Brigham. 

Jesse  Bruwn. 

James  Bates. 

Seba  Buttolph. 

Mrs.  Thankful  Buttolph.  1820,  61. 

Kbenezer  Clark. 

Mrs.  Jemima  Clark. 

Daniel  Clark,  1868,  83. 

B,?t8ey  Wright  Clark,  1865,  74. 

Calvin  Clark. 

Bartlett  B.  Clnrk. 

Bnrtholomow  Clark. 

Mrs.  Laura  Clark. 

Itlchard    Clark. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Clark. 

Mrs.  Olive  Ilibbard  Chandler. 

Mrs.    Anne   Hlbbard   Clark. 

Wesly  Clark. 

lOlizabeth  Chambers. 

Debora  Churchill. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Joy  Carpenter.  1830.  42. 

Mrs,     Lydia    Scotield     Baker  Carpenter, 

1860,  08. 
llufus  Carpenter. 
Mrs.  Itufus  Carpenter. 
Asa  Carpenter. 
Mrs.  lOliznbeth  Carpenter. 
Amos  Carloton. 
Mrs.  Mary  Carleton. 
Samuel   Campbell. 
Mrs.  (Jrace  Campbell. 
Harriet  Tyler  Collier. 
John  Capron. 
Lncy  Chaflfee. 

Aaron  Chaffee.  ■      •    ' 

Mrs.  Tolly  Chaffee. 
Smteley  Caesar,  1866. 
Kbenezer   Dust  In.  , 

Jonathan  Davis. 
Mrs.  Mary  Davis. 
Abram   Davis. 
Mrs.  Mary  Davis. 
VVIlliam  Davis. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Davis. 
Kllsha  Davis. 
Mrs.  Anne  Davis. 
Allen   Davis. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Davis. 
Salome  Demlng.  * 

Mrs.  Amy  Dunning. 
Noah  Dewey.  •        ' 

Mary   Drew. 
Daniel   Dean. 
Sarah  Kldrldge. 
Martha  Kldrldge. 
Jonathan  Fuller. 
Mrs.  Rhoda  Fuller. 
Josiah  I.  Fay. 

Apolios  Finney.  ' 

Abigail   Flint. 
I'oiiy  Flint. 
Betsey    Folsom. 
Polly  Richards  Fobs. 
Rev.  William  Oaiushn. 
William  Calusha,  Jr. 
Weslev  Oalusha,  1870. 
Mrs.  Daphne  Tolman  Oalusba,  1848. 


Joshua  Glbbs.  '        .  .  * 

Anne  Gibbs.  ' j' " 

Harris  Uibbs.  /.  » 

David  Croat. 

Henry  Oroat.  .  : 

John  Oroat. 
Abial  Groat. 
Henry  Groat,  Jr. 
Anna  Groat. 
Lewis  Grlnnell. 
Matilda  Garland. 
M.  Giddlngs. 
"Dorcas  Glover. 
Rev.  Jedediati  Hihbard. 
Dea.  Roger  Hibbard.  1848.  84. 
Sarah  Stickney  Hi bbard,  1850,  03. 
Dea.  Asabel  Hulburt. 
Mrs.   Sarah   Hulburt. 
Amy  Huliiurt. 
Electa  Hulburt. 
Luther  Hilliard. 
Hannah    Harris,   184"'. 
Marian  Harris. 
Israel  Harris. 
Nathaniel  Hibbard,  13.%4. 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Johnson  Hibbard,  1854. 
Samuel   Porter  Hibbard. 
Miss  Sarah  Hii)bard,  1816.  24. 
Mrs.  Harriet  Hibbard  Higgins. 
Jesse  Hibbard,   1848. 
Mrs.  Martha  Whitman  Hibbard.  1861,  51. 
Silas  N.   Hemin. 
Mrs.    Mary    Hedlin. 
Clnrissa  Hunter. 
Elizabeth   Hill. 
Eliza  Hodges. 
Solomon    Hinds. 
Mrs.  Lucy  Hinds. 
Jacob  House. 
Ezeklai  Howe. 
Mrs.   Mary   Howe. 
Andrew  ilawley. 
Mrs.   I'ranla   Hawley.  186.%, 
Mrs.  Betsey  Scofield  Ingalls,  18.58.  61. 
Daniel  Iiigalls. 
Mrs.   Polly   Ingalls. 
Paulina  Ingalls. 
Hasen    Ingalls. 
Moses  Tngails.  Jr. 
Jnmes  Ingalls,  \STtl. 
Peleg  Johnson. 
Mrs.  Abiiigaii  Johnson. 
ICsek  Johnson.  •' 

Mrs.  Sally  Varney  Johnson. 
Dr.    Gilbert   Jenne. 
Mrs.  .Sarah  Hibbard  Jenne. 
Mary  Jenne. 

Mary    Jacobs.  , 

Miriam  Jones. 
Harriet  Jefforda 
Elizabeth  Knox. 
Ephralm  Knights. 

Mrs.   Betsey  Knights.  f 

Louis  Kimball. 
Mrs.  .Susannah  Kimball. 
Obadlah  Kimball. 
Mrs.  Sabrtna  Kimball. 
Mary   Leonard. 
Polly  Larrlbee. 
Amy  Larrlbee. 


09 


51. 


Kllznbeth  Lewis. 

Dr.    Allen    Miner. 

Tlionias  Miner. 

Mr.s.  Saraii  Miner. 

Sarali  Miner. 

i'iiarlotte  Mott. 

Jnnas  Morse. 

Mrs.  I^ucy  Morse. 

Kllzobetli  Munson. 

.lames  Martlndale. 

Mrs.  Anne  Martlndale. 

Aaron  Martlndale. 

Mrs.   Until  Martlndale. 

Kunlce  Morrill. 

David  Nutting. 

Mrs.  Paulina  Nutting. 

David  Nutting,  Jr. 

i:!y   Nolile. 

Mrs.   iOiinlce  Noble. 

i:!»'ni>zor  Olmstead. 

(•fis  I'ldge.  . 

Mrs.  Jemima  IMdge. 

Amos   I'lielps.  ^  ; 

Mrs.  Dindama  Phelps. 

Mrs.  K.sther  Tyler  Phelps. 

riarls    lleyuolds. 

Mrs.    Ilnnnnh    Iteynolds. 

John    IN'ynoIds. 

.MrAi:ilz!il)eth  Reynolds. 

Itev~Wllliiim  Kogers. 

Susannah  HoKers. 

Den.    Joshua   Smith. 

Homer  Smith.  Oct.  12.  1."s;i7,  .".'. 

M,-s.  ('lUDline  Itush  Smith.  1.s;{'J.  4!>. 

Mrs.  AhlKJill   Ayor  Smith,  1S48,  412. 

I'rn  Smith. 

\YilIlara  Johnson  Smith. 

Mrs.   Diana  Smith. 

Mrs.   Olu'dience   Smith. 

Miss    Irene    Smith. 

Miss  Chloe  Smith. 

Miss   Jane   Smith. 

Miss  Obedlenee  Smith. 

Miss  ("hnrlofte  Smith. 

I.i'.ther    Smith. 

Jnl)'.>z  SiifTorfi. 

Mrs.  A/iil)a  SnfTord. 

Wiliinm  SiiHiUon. 

Mrti.  Itorcns  Srninton. 

Kliziiheth  Scrnnton. 

Ji>shiin   Scranton. 

'ri-niitrrnnce  Scriintoti. 

Mis.    I.yrtia    Sli>ne,    Jr. 

Mrs.   .Nin-.cy  HII)tMird  Storrs. 

Jninc's   Scolli>l(i,    lH4!t.   t'.'J. 

Mrs.  f»ilve  Itnsford  Scotleld.   IStU.  77 

Dea.  Jesse  Scotleld.   1824. 

Mrs.  I'.li/.a  Martin  Scolieid  (Noble),  iwm, 

72. 
Lewis  Scotleld. 
Mra.    Kllza    Scofleld. 
J'lhn   Hunyan   Scolieid. 
Weltliynrea     linsford 

l.Sfrl.  82. 

Viiihnn  Stevens. 
BL-nnintj  W.  Scliiield. 
.Nathan   Scotleld. 
Kleaser  S»'ollel«l. 
Mrs   Temperonce  Scofleld. 
Martha  Stickney. 


1814,  .'ifi 

Scolieid     Stevens. 


riannah  Stone.  •♦ 

Cooley  Sumner. 

Kiecta  Stevens,  180.3. 

Ellphalet  Spafford. 

David  Sweet. 

Mrs.   Klizabeth  Sweet. 

Zeeiiah  Southworth. 

Caleb  Tree. 

Mrs.  Dorcas  Tree. 

Klias  Trua-T,  IHl't,  102. 

Mrs.  Anna  Whitman  Truax,   1838,  00. 

Sarah  Tolman. 

lOrastus  Temple. 

Mrs.  Olivia  Shaw  Temple. 

TA)da  Aim  Ira  Varuey. 

Knssell   Welch. 

Simeon  M.  Welch. 

Martin  Welch. 

Mrs.   Sarah   Welch. 

Mrs.  Philura  Hibl)ard  Wliitney,  1880,  76. 

John  Whitney,  1S04. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Leonard  Whitney,  1803. 

Ira  Waters. 

John  Wallace. 

William    Whitman. 

Mrs.  Ciarisaa  Whitman. 

Polly    Walker. 

Samuel  Wood. 

Mrs.   Hetsoy   Wood. 

({ideon  Wood. 

Mrs.  Mary  Wood.  ^ 

Asoula   Wheeler. 

I.ynMui  White.  .  > 

.\l>ii;all   Woodworth.  ., 

Sarah   Woodworth. 

Abl  Watrous. 

1820-183.';. 

Horace    M.    Ayer.  " 

Henry  Ayer. 

Mrs.  Achsah  Smith  .\yer,  \Ki7. 

Hiixana  liarber. 

Ueeman  Barrett. 
Mrs,  Witty  Harrett. 

.Mrs.  Sally  Parnes. 

.Iiihn  W.  Corey. 

Ilenjaniin   It.   bunnlng,   1807. 

-Mrs.  .Mary  DuiuiIuk. 

.Mrs.  Anna  (Hnisteud  Kay,  187.'>,  80. 

Mrs.  .\niia  Kay  Koi;er8. 

.Mrs    Hill. 

Dea.    Isaac   N.   Janes.   18,H2,  82. 

.Mrs.  /oa  Ayer  Janes. 

cilve   Janes. 

Miro   .Miner. 

Mis.  Desire  .Miner. 

Casper    .Miiii'r. 

.Mrs.  Soplidtila  Miner.   1H73.  00. 

Kol.crt    .\iil)le,   Sr.,    1S40. 

Harriet   .\.   Stow. 

.Miiiira    Smith. 

Pnrton    Shaw. 

Mrs.    Irene   Shaw.   18.'1. 

K     Miriam    Scotleld. 

Ci'orRe    .VrnislronK. 

Samuel    Prid^'e.    Jr. 

Aliiyail  Harber  Krldge. 

Charles   llibbfird.    Sept.    30,   1887,   04. 

Wm.   Phllo  Hibltard.  1872.  00. 

-Mrs.    Arnli.'lla    lilbbard  Traiy,    181)5. 

Mrs.  Kleanor  lilbbard  Trnax. 


—  70— 


I 


B.   Jubnsoii   Ilibbard,   1871. 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  lllbbnrd,  November. 

Dea.     Casper     IS.     Ilibbard,     November, 

188.-).    i«. 
Mrs.  I'ileanor  Haker  Ilibbard,  18(57,  54. 
Hiram   Stevens 
Miss    I'erlina    Stevens. 
Mrs.  (,'aroline  Smith  Stow. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Smith  Ciark. 
Mrs.    Ksther   Smith   Lee. 

1840-18r>(>. 
Samuel   L.  <'halTee. 
John  1).   Krelelyh. 
Uebecca  Wliltiiey  lOllesworth. 
Lucy  Ann   Whitney  Slaight,   184'.». 
Jesse  Mitbon  Scolield.  November.  1842. 
Laura   \\  .   S(()iipld.   .Nov.  ;!(».   1841. 
Itanlei   Stearns.   September,   1842. 
Any  Hrown   Johnson.  Nov.  JJO.   1811. 
Sitrnh   M.   Smilli.   I'\>bruary,   184L 
Lueina  Janes.   18tJ4,   3.->. 
i'riiella  Jnnea  Mayjiard,  February,  184.'<. 
Lorinda  Miner,  February.  184.1. 
Uochei  Miner  Sea  I  on.  Fi'l)ruary.   1N48. 
Norris   M.    Ayer.    April,   184;{. 
Sarah  Whitnev  Chadbourne,  April.  184:?. 
Solomon   K.   Itaker.  April.  184:<,  d.   18!»1. 
Martha    IIibt)aril    Hazssard.    April,    184.1. 
Kmrna   Ilibbard  Smith.   April.   184.1. 
Jeannette  Wiley.  April,   1843. 

18.'(t-18()0. 
Lewis  U.   Hibbard.   May.   18.52. 
Salmon   1'.   Ilibbard,   May  18.->2. 
FnA.NCi.s  N.  Jkksky,  June,  LS.");?. 
Mrs.   Kuth  Jersey,  June.  LS.'i.l. 
.Mary   Jersey   Brdard.   June.    18.->.1. 
Miss    Kveline    Ilibbard.    d.    1878. 
Iloraee  N.  Janes,  181)0.  25. 
Fuller  K.  Janes,  b.  .Fune,  18,-)4. 
(lariijsa  Janes,  b.  June,  1854. 
AnR.\.M   liKUKi.t..  b.   February,  1858. 
Mrs.  Mary   Hedell,   d.   February,   1858. 
Mary     F.     Hedell.     February.     1858,     d. 

April  8.  1.Sfi4. 
Alexander  (Jllleland,  Februarv,  1858. 
Charlotte   InjraMH,   b.   April   1858. 
Sherman    I'.   Seolield,   b.   April,   1858. 
Kmily  J.   Scotlild.  b.   April,  1858. 
Charlotte  ShuttU,  b.  April,  1858. 
Lydia   Ilibbard   I'omeroy,  b.   April.   1858, 

d.  Jan.  2!».   187s 
Harmon   Davis,   b.    April,   1858. 
lOmeline   Srolieid   I  (avis,   April,    1858. 
Mary    Powers,  b.   AuRUSt.   1858.   d.   1878. 
William   II.  Davis,  b.   November,  185!). 

18(!1— Aug.    25. 
.\ddi8ou    M.   Janes. 
Miss  .\delaide   M.  Janes. 
MIhs  Margaret  Ciileland. 
Miss    rran!;;    Leonard. 

18(5.1— May  17. 
D  aeon  AII)ert  A.  Ayer.i 
.\lrs.   Mary  J.  Ayer  Tree. 
WelliiiKlon   <;.    Scolleld. 
Ilnttie  IIibl)ard  Campbell. 

18(14-  June    24. 
Fdward  ItridRe. 
MIhs  Mary  Jane  BrUlKe. 

1805. 
KHua   Ann   Carpenter  Smith. 


Carrie    Ilibbard   Ayer.  '  J 

Margaret  M.  Srolieid.  j 

Melinda  Johnson.  ; 

18(50. 
Frances  McLaughlin. 
Sarah  I'ooke.  ; 

18«J>. 
Mrs.  Cook,  May  2"J.  ; 

Hev.    Morriil    Howard.    May   2!). 
Mrs.    Lucretia  Howard,  May  2U. 
Ji'mes  Tracy,  June  13. 
Sarah  J.  Hangs,  June  13. 

1872. 
Arnold  1^.  Bridge.  May  27. 
Cynthia  1>.  Janes.  .May  27. 
Lydia  1"racy,  May  27. 
Newton  1.  Janes.  May  27. 
Amanda   Ives.  b.  Nov.   17. 

1873. 
Marv    Chandler    Ingalls.   b.   June   21,   d. 

"Oct.  7.  1878. 
Mrs.  Warren  H.  (irice.  b.  June  2. 
I'hoebe   Sargent,    b.    Nov.    8. 
Kodney   Uovce.   b.    Noveml)er.   1874. 

187(5— June  17. 
Dea.   John   Broe. 
.Mr.s.  Jane  Hope  Broe. 
(•oluml)U8  C.   Scotield.   1881.  7.5. 
Warren    B.   (Irice. 
Deacon   Hanson    H.    Hibbard. 
Lucy   Carpenter   Hibbard. 
Btriha   Scolleld    .Masse, 
diandler    C.    Abl)ott.  < 

rii.ra   Whitman  Ablxitt. 
Anna   .M.   \\iiitmaa. 
Mrs.   (;eorge   W.    Ayer. 
Cisviia    Chaffee. 
Ada   Hil)l.ard  Crewe. 
K!la  K.  Tracv  Wood.  b.  Nov.  4. 

1877. 
Kdnuind   H.    Ingalls.  exp.   Jan.   27. 
Sarah  Smith.  Julv  28. 
Ada   Sniltli,   Aug.   2(5. 
Mrs.   Dora  Cook.  exp.   Aug.  2(5. 
I'atience  Johnson,  exp.  Aug.  2(5,  d.  1878. 

1878 — June  8. 
Henry  L.  Ilibbard. 
Nettle   C.    Hibbard. 
William    P.    Hibl)ard. 
Kmily  Deining. 
KIwin    (Jriee. 
Kstella    lanes. 
.Vgnes  !•;.  (irioe. 

(Jeorge    Kogers.  * 

Jami'S    Young.  J 

Oscar  Broe.  ' 

Kdgar  S.  1"racy.  d.   1880. 
lamest   J.    Bowers. 

William    Fcott.  1 

-Mbert   Jenne.  * 

Loren/.o  'rhomni! 
Kdnn   Thomas. 
•  hnrlotte  Wlllard. 
John  S.  Morse.  J 

June   2!>. 
William   Powers. 
Luther  H.  Smith. 
Mary   P.   Scotield. 
(Jeoige  Chadbourne. 

1870. 


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Mrs.  AihiMt  JciiTip,  June  28. 
riuiiinci'.v  .lolii.snn.  .Inly  2(\. 
I-aiira  V.Vstov(>r.cxj).  Jiily  2f$ 

iHHd-  July. 
Hllzii    rowi'i-H. 
Mis.   KIlis  I>.   K<oll('ld,  exp. 
Allip   S^'olicld   Ciirpcntpr. 

\HS2. 
Mr.s.  l.ycVia  II.  H.ikfr  You'.il'. 

1  ss;i. 
.lolm    ilollnuil. 

1 S85. 
Mary    A.    Smith. 
Nt'tti"  Smith. 

1887. 
AiiNui.K  LiTiiin!  Akm.s.  I. 
Mrs.    Mtuiii    it.    Iluilliut   Arms,   I 

1888. 
.Mis.s  Julia  Ann  Hridfrc 
18!i;{. 
William    CraiR. 
Marsart-t  M.  CrniK. 
J<).si'i)li  IJnj^ford. 
Alfird    Kmerv. 

18!tr). 
I"..    Spoor. 

18!>6. 
Ilnrvcy  A.  Chnffeo,  exp. 


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Mrs.   Mnrvi'y  A.  ClialTci 
Juliii  J.  M'Ciuty,  txp. 
M"H.   i;y;ii;ka   McCartv. 
_  18!t7. 

Mi'^^MWrflTf^^oiicld   I  (avis.    roRt. 

Harri(-i    Tracy. 

I'reeniaii  l{o;jn'r.s. 

Mis.    I'rofinan    Kojjcis. 

I^■a   ItridfTi'. 

SiUiio  Hrid^re. 

I.ydia    Turner. 

Harriet    Udders. 

<:iadis    MrCarly.  ; 

Lila    J.sHid, 

<'ari-ie  .\rmstronK. 

Mr.s.  JJi'.rdner  Arni.'ilr.iiig,  exp. 

1M»8. 
Mrs.   i;.   Drayton.   I. 
Mrs.  <r.  T.  Taxman,   I. 
Mrs.  Otis   Kennedy. 

is'tit. 
(Jeo.   T.    Taxman,   I. 
May    i'axman. 
C.  Taxman. 

Anliur  Slaiiiiiford. 
Kva    Mullen. 


PASTORS. 


Ilepan 

ISdl  Jedediah    IIil)bard 

INK)  William   <;alusha 

ISL'tJ  Daniel    Sabiii    .  .  .  . 

ISl'H  Mr.    —    Clark.  .  .  . 

IS.'.U)  Homer    Smith.  .  .  . 

18:!!»  M.    Hritain    

IMl  T.'tcr   Chase    .... 

1841i  I'raneis    Hosworth 


No.  Years. 

8 

l.-| 

...  2 

...  2 

...  7 

...  1 

...  1 

..  .  1 


!.'e;;!lii 

1S4:{ 
IS.-,  7 
1  sc.-i 

ISf.S 

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1  Hsr, 


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I'raiics    .V.    .'.■ 
A  bra  111    T...deil 

Khcii    M.    Kid' ' 

Merrill    Howard    

Ariidld   I,.   Aini8 

WeliiiiKion    (;.    Seon<'ld 
( .V.ssociate    Taslor. ) 


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ills. 
14 


CLERKS. 


Names. 

KoRer    IHIil.ard    .  .  . 

Allen   Miner    

NalhaninI    Hil»!)nrd 
'tilliert   Jennie    .  .  .  . 
Iloiaor    Smith     .  .  .  , 
Nathanl(>l    llilihard 


Elected. 
.180(1 
.1810 
.1810 
.1821' 
.  1 82;-| 


,  I8;i3 


Xaiiies. 

H'lraee    \.    Jaiie.s 

Sherman  T.  ScDdeld.  . 
Wellin>.'ton  <;.  Sci.lield. 
i:ila  i:.  Tracy  \V<,<,d.  . 
.lane    Hope    Hroe 


Kiccted. 
...  1 8.">.-» 
...  1  .s.^,,s 
.  .  .1874 
.  .  .  1  88.1 
.  .  .18!I7 


DEACOiNS. 


N/'lJies.  Klected. 

\>  illiam   Holers    isoo 

Asahel     Ilnrlbut 1 801 

JoNhun    Smith istn 

KoRer    llihbard    iHott 

Allen    Miner    180<l 

•lesse    Scolleld .  .  .  1822 

Casper  B.   Hihbard ."  "  ."  .1843 


vi.o'i"'\.     ,  Klected. 

Isaac  N.  Janes 184'{ 

Wellington  (J.   Scotield 1H7(! 

Hanson   H.    Hibbard 'l87!» 

John   Hroe    1  s.s', 

I.uther    K.    Snrlth.  .  .  ..'.'.".'.' .' ." i«8.% 

Harvey    A.   Chaffee .' .'  .'iSiMS 


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LICENTIATES. 


Names.  >'^  »^|" 

VVIlllam  Rogers    i»J  l 

William  Galusha   Jo"" 

Homer  Smith    1»>»«/ 

Charles  Ilibbard    l^^,-* 

Charles  Smith    lo4.> 


Namc8.  .  ^  When- 

John    I).    Frnleigh 18^;> 

Arnold  L.  Arras !»•>" 

Lewis   11.    Ilibbard 18*^" 

Ernest   J.   Towers.  . •  • 

Wellington  <;.  Scotleld lo»» 


1840 
1866 

18C7 

1888 


William  G.   rorterfleld,   Montreal 
College.  .     ^  , 

James    C.    Yule,    Woodstock    Col 
lege. 

Kev.  Joshua  Donovan,  Scotland. 

J.    11.    Jackson,    MacMaster    I  Di- 
versity. 


"STUDENT  PASTORS." 

1802 


1804 
1896 
1808 


J.  1'.  Mclntyre,  M.  P.,  MacMaster 
University.  „   , 

A.  J.  Darrock,  MacMaster  Unl- 
vcrslty. 

York  A.  King,  MacMaster  Unl- 
Ycrsity. 

A.  «.  Baker,  MacMaster  Uni- 
versity. 


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Tliis  plan  w.is  drawn  tnr  mo  by  Mrs.  Wier,  at  my  home,  mi  1888.  It  was 
huilt  in  1802.  and  torn  down  in  1855.  It  was  a  wood  frame  huildinv;.  "<>  p.iinl  on 
it  anywhere;  liad  tiiree  outside  doors,  pulpit  in  nortii  end.  It  was  on  the  very 
top  of  the  hill,  west  of  the  mad,  about  fifty  rods  north  of  where  the  road  turns 
up  to  the  old  Johnson  Hibbard  farm.  The  partition  between  the  pews  did  not 
Ko  below  the  se.its.  and  no  doors  to  the  pews.  Mrs  Wier  and  Mrs.  Ele.anor 
Hibbard  Truax  told  me  w  ho  owned  the  pews  I  h.ive  named.  The  sin>^ers  sat  in 
their  f.amily  pews  all  over  the  meeting-house,  and  when  the  minister  yave  out  the 
hymn  they  ■.a.rne  out  and  stood  at  the  east  side  of  the  pulpit,  san«  the  hymn  .and 
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of  1820  as  j;iven  mc  bs- Mrs.  Wier  were,  Wesley  Galuslia,  leader.  He  used  no 
tuiiinj;  fork;  (iccasinnally  they  liad  a  hass  viol.  Tiic  other  singers  were  Major 
Tyler;  Jesse  Hibhard,  his  u  ite.  Martha  Whitman,  and  his  sisters  Harriet  and 
Olive;  Esther  Sniitli.  Harriet  and  Esther  Tyler,  Major's  sisters.  Mrs.  Wier  said 
the  Tylers  were  "splendid  singers."  Esther  Galusha  was  also  in  the  choir,  a 
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boyhood  the  choir  occupied  the  "  ^jallery."  David  Smith,  that  "  sweet  sinj!;er," 
was  the  leader  and  his  brother  Reuben,  all  the  Chandlers,  some  of  the  Abbotts, 
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1834-  Born  Nov.  20,  in  llic  l.oren/.o  Scot'ield  liouse. 

1852  -Baptized  into  tiie  Al'bott's  Corner  cinirch. 

185c;— Liecensed  to  preach. 

185Q— Graduated  from  Classical  Department,  Fairfax,  Vt. 

1861— f  Graduated  from  TheoloKical  CJepartment,  Fairfax,  Vt. 

1864— Ordained  at  Waterlniry  Center,  Vt. 

1867— Pastor  Baptist  Church,  Somerville,  Mass. 

1868— Pastor  at  Grafton,  Vt 

1872— Pastor  Adams,  Mass. 

1874— Spent  three  years  on  farm  regaininj^  health 

1876— Edited  Vermont  Farmer,  St.  Johnsbury. 

i877~Pastor  at  Cavendish,  Vt. 

1878— Chaplain  Vermont  Senate,  Montpelier. 

1879— Publisher  and  Editor  "  Vermont  Tribune." 

1881— Supply,  Baptist  Churcli  at  Ludlow,  Vt. 

1882— Pastor  Baptist  Church,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

Health  failed  and  retired  from  pastorates 
1883— Editor  "Farmer's  Review,"  Chicago. 

1884— Supt.  Agricultural  Machinery  at  World's  Fair  at  New  Orleans. 
1885— Asst.  Director-General  American  Exposition,  New  Orleans 
1886— General  Manager  Exposition,  Minneapolis. 
.1886— Elected  President  Leiand  University,  New  Orleans. 

Health  prevented  taking  up  the  work. 
1 889-1900— Pol  ice  Judge  City  Court,  Highland  Park,  ill. 
1890-92— Editor  "Lake  County  Post." 


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